Designated German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD (3R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the CDU (C) and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer of the CSU (5R) pose with the coalition treaty of the conservative CDU/CSU party and the Social Democrats to form a new government flanked by parliamentary group leader of the Social Democrats (SPD) Andrea Nahles, parliamentary group leaders of the Christian democrats (CDU) Volker Kauder and of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Alexander Dobrindt General, Secretary of the CDU, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Secretary General of the CSU Andreas Scheuer in Berlin, on March 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
The German government wants to find a fast solution for a hostage drama in eastern Turkey. On Tuesday, three German mountain climbers were kidnapped in eastern Turkey by Kurdish separatist PKK fighters.
Although it is not clear whether contact has been made, Berlin says it will not give in to blackmail by Kurdish rebels.
The hostages were part of a German mountaineering expedition. The other mountaineers are expected to return to Germany today.
Source : radionetherlands.nl
