Merkel, Trump agree in phone call to keep memory of WW2 horrors alive


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  • Saturday, 09 May 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel during a bilateral meeting at the sidelines of the NATO summit in Watford, Britain, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday marked the end of World War Two in Europe 75 years ago, a German government spokesman said.

"Both commemorated the millions of victims and the immeasurable suffering caused by the war unleashed by Nazi Germany," the spokesman said. "They agreed that it was important to keep the memory of the war and its horrors alive."

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