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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 8 that Turkey would not ratify the Paris climate accord, speaking at the end of the G-20 summit in Germany.

"After that step taken by America, the position that we adopt is in the direction of not passing it in parliament," Erdoğan said at a press conference in Hamburg.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on July 8 praised Turkey's contribution to the success of the G20 summit, a key gathering of the world's 20 largest economies.  

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on July 8 as a part of the G-20 summit in Hamburg. The two leaders held a nearly half hour meeting before the closing session of the G20 summit, Turkish officials have said without giving more details.  

A thousand “zombie” protesters have descended on Hamburg in protest against the two-day G20 summit between the “political elite” to be held in the northern German city on Friday.
The performance protesters dressed in grey from head to toe and, for several days ahead of the beginning of the summit, have been popping up in small groups across the city in silent, eerie protests.

''Russia is in favor of an open and rules-based trade order to boost global growth, and sanctions imposed against Moscow are a "covert form" of protectionism'', President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Thursday ahead of a G20 summit in Germany, Reuters reported.

German police used water cannon to disperse around 500 anti-capitalist protesters overnight in the port city of Hamburg where Chancellor Angela Merkel will host leaders of the G20 leading economies in a two-day summit starting on Friday, Reuters reported.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is no longer describing Donald Trump’s U.S. as a “friend” in campaign literature for the country’s elections in September, and divisions are expected to widen between the leaders at the G20 summit this week.

The German government said it would welcome Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as an important guest during the meeting of G20 leading economies in Hamburg from July 7-8, despite Berlin's decision Thursday to bar other public events by Erdogan, Reuters reported.

The German government on June 30 said it would welcome President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as an important guest during the meeting of G20 leading economies in Hamburg from July 7 to 8, despite Berlin's fresh decision to bar other public events by Erdoğan.

The German government said it would welcome President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as an important guest during the meeting of G20 leading economies in Hamburg from July 7-8, despite Berlin's  decision on June 30 to bar other public events by Erdoğan.