Merkel, Trump To Meet On Saturday On Sidelines Of G20 Summit - German Government

The meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump, which was initially scheduled for Friday but was canceled due to a delay in Merkel's arrival in Argentina, will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Saturday, a representative of the German government told Sputnik.

BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 01st December, 2018) The meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump, which was initially scheduled for Friday but was canceled due to a delay in Merkel's arrival in Argentina, will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Saturday, a representative of the German government told Sputnik.

"The meeting will take place today, an agreement has been reached," the representative said.

The representative added that about 30 minutes were allotted for these talks in Merkel's schedule.

The German chancellor arrived in Buenos Aires late on Friday after a delay which followed her plane's unscheduled stop on Cologne en route to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. The emergency landing was caused by a technical malfunction.