German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday backed the aims of the US-Israeli war on Iran but called for its early end, voicing fear for the global economy, as he visited the White House.

The French president intends to establish an “advanced deterrence” for Europe as a whole and station nuclear weapons in Germany and other European countries in the future.

Merz told Trump that Germany and the United States shared a desire to get rid of Iran's current regime, and said Berlin wanted to see a rapid end to the war.

Besides the US-Israel war on Iran, the two leaders discussed trade and Russia's war on Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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