Merkel says looking forward to meeting Trump in Washington - paper

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a speech at the demographic summit in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a newspaper she was looking forward to meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday.

"It's always better to talk with each other than about each other," Merkel told regional newspaper Saarbruecker Zeitung.