Tough talks, no agreements at Merkel, Putin meeting near Berlin
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MESEBERG - Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, as well as Iran and a gas pipeline project that has drawn US ire during tough talks outside Berlin that ended with no clearcut progress.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters no agreements were reached, but the meeting had simply been intended to "check the watches" after Merkel's meeting with Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in May.
Both leaders raised concerns about Syria and the plight of the many refugees created by the seven-year-old war there.
