Frankfurt (Germany), 10 March (LaPresse) – "I want to make this very clear: steps towards annexation, such as those being discussed in Jerusalem, would make a two-state solution even more difficult. The federal government urgently calls for such steps to be abandoned with regard to the so-called E1 area. It would be a serious mistake. The German Foreign Minister will travel to Israel at my request precisely to reiterate this point." This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Berlin.