President Putin talks with Merkel during the last Russian trip of the German Prime Minister before the end of the term in September.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave German Prime Minister Angela Merkel a bouquet of flowers in Moskva on August 20, expressing her hope that her visit is not only goodbye but also seriously.

Before the talks, Prime Minister Merkel said Russia and Germany still have deep disagreements, but the two countries are talking together and everything should continue.

President Putin (left) gave flowers to Prime Minister Merkel in Moskva on August 20.

Merkel plans to withdraw from the school after the September 26 elections, ending the fourth terms of the German Prime Minister. In the years of making the German prime minister, she maintained dialogue with President Putin, landless

After finishing the visit to Russia, Merkel plans to visit Ukraine and meet President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 22.

Merkel can seek to make guaranteed for Ukraine about Northern Flow 2 (Nord Stream 2), the controversial gas pipe project built to double the amount of natural gas from Russia to Germany.

NORD Stream 2 goes through the international sea in the Baltic Sea, instead of through Ukraine and some Eastern European countries like the pipes have previously available.