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Germany has a "strategic interest" in a sound economic development in Turkey, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sept.6

Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany wants to see Turkey prosper economically and is stressing the importance of its central bank's independence.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering her country's help to fight the forest fires raging in Greece.

In a message of condolence sent to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday, Merkel said that "in these difficult hours Germany stands firmly by the side of our Greek friends."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated on Friday that the repercussions of Greece's bailouts would not end after the country officially exits the program on August 20. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday defended the long period of primary surplus targets for Greece, saying they were not a sign of lacking trust in the crisis-hit country but a necessary condition to reduce the level of debt.

"It's a good compromise," Merkel was quoted as saying during a press conference.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the migration deal clinched at an EU summit on Friday, describing it as a decisive step in the direction of a common European asylum policy.

"What we achieved here together is perhaps more than I had expected," Merkel told reporters at the end of the summit.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 29, 2018. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on June 28 called on EU member states to agree this week to allocate an additional 3 billion euros in assistance for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is ready to sign a deal with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to make it easier for Germany to send asylum seekers back to other European countries, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel should be bolder in responding to French proposals to strengthen the eurozone, Greece's finance minister said in an interview published on Wednesday, adding that concerns over Italy have highlighted the need to act.