The German government says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet Chancellor Angela Merkel in Bavaria next week. Government spokesman Thomas Steg said Wednesday that the two leaders will meet July 16 at the Schleissheim Palace in the suburbs of Munich. Steg says the meeting will address topics such as the global economic crisis and combating climate change. He says Merkel's interior, economy, environment, education and culture ministers also will attend. The German and Russian governments hold similar meetings on a roughly annual basis, The Associated Press reported.
