BERLIN, March 13(Xinhua) -- The meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S President Donald Trump in Washington was postponed due to a coming snowstorm, German local media N-TV reported on Monday.
White House also confirmed the delay, saying the scheduled Tuesday meeting will be on March 17 instead.
Topics on migrant crisis, NATO, as well as U.S.-EU ties are expected to be covered at the summit.
Trump, during his election campaign, had publicly criticized the German chancellor and Germany's refugee policy as a "catastrophic failure", "chaos." The critics somehow indicated a bumpy start for the ties between Berlin and Washington.
Merkel hosted the visit for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at Munich Security Conference last month. In the southeast German city, Merkel said world conflicts require "joint efforts", which was seen as a gentle reminder to Trump's unilateralism and anti-globalization policies.
Trump also plans to visit Germany on July 7 and 8, attending the two-day G20 summit in Hamburg.
