German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during a news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama (unseen) after their talks at Schloss Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that she did not favour classical "safe zones" in Syria which would need to be protected by foreign forces but believed that peace talks in Geneva could agree areas where fleeing Syrians could feel safe from bombardment.
"I believe that if you had followed what I said yesterday in Turkey, it is something that has to come out of the Geneva peace talks; it is not about classical safe zones," she said during a news conference with U.S. President Barack Obama.
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