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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany September 13, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Acquire Licensing Rights
BERLIN, Sept 19 (Reuters) – A leading German business group on Tuesday welcomed Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s move to invite officials from Central Asian countries for talks next week, in a bid to deepen economic ties as relations with Russia tumbled since the war in Ukraine.
German exports to Russia have sunk nearly 40% in the first seven months of 2023 while Russia has dropped to being Germany’s 36th most important trading…
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