Berlin, Aug. 16 -- The results of the presidential summit between the US and Russia shows that Europe must take its security into its own hands, said Norbert Roettgen, a prominent member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, reports TASS.
"The lesson of this meeting is clear for us Europeans. Essentially, we must take our security into our own hands. To do so, we need the US to remain our partner."
Noting that Russian President Vladmir Putin had "achieved significant gains at this summit," Roettgen said Putin had "secured full diplomatic recognition from the US president without any reciprocal commitments," and managed to persuade Trump from imposing additional economic measures, even as the US deadline for tariffs had long si...