FILE PHOTO: Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks during a news conference in Dublin, Ireland, April 12, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's friendship with the American people will survive the current political differences between the NATO allies, but Germany also has an obligation to speak up for "democracy and freedom", Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
German-U.S. ties are at their lowest point for decades following U.S. President Donald Trump's decisions to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and other multilateral agreements on climate and human rights, as well as a worsening trade war.
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