Merz, de 69 años, quien llegó al cargo con una amplia experiencia empresarial, es un conservador exrival de Merkel que asumió el liderazgo de su partido después de que ella se retirara de la política.
Trump said nationals of countries included in the ban pose “terrorism-related” and “public-safety” risks, as well as risks of overstaying their visas. He also said some of these countries had “deficient” screening and vetting or have historically refused to take back their citizens.His findings rely extensively on an annual Homeland Security report about tourists, businesspeople and students who overstay U.S. visas and arrive by air or sea, singling out countries with high percentages of nationals who remain after their visas expired.
“We don’t want them,” Trump said.The inclusion of Afghanistan angered some supporters who have worked to resettle its people. The ban makes exceptions for Afghans on special immigrant visas, who were generally the people who worked most closely with the U.S. government during the two-decade war there.The list can be changed, the administration said in a document, if authorities in the designated countries make “material improvements” to their own rules and procedures. New countries can be added “as threats emerge around the world.”
International aid groups and refugee resettlement organizations roundly condemned the ban.“This policy is not about national security — it is about sowing division and vilifying communities that are seeking safety and opportunity in the United States,” said Abby Maxman, president of Oxfam America.
The African Union Commission expressed concern about the “the potential negative impact” of the ban on educational exchanges, business ties and broader diplomatic relations. It urged the Trump administration to adopt “a more consultative approach” with the affected countries.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called the order “unnecessary, overbroad and ideologically motivated.”The talks will also touch on “issues on the international agenda, including the situation around Ukraine,” Russian media reported, citing the Security Council’s press team. Shoigu, formerly Russia’s defense minister, last traveled to Pyongyang in late March.
In April, the Kremlin confirmed that North Korean troopsto repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region.
At the time, Putin praisedwho he said stood “shoulder to shoulder with Russian fighters, defended our Motherland as their own.”