# Merz cancels New York trip for UNGA events

https://mins.news/en/item/59902

- TASS, 2026-09-15 20:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2188097

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has cancelled his planned trip to New York next week for the 2026 UN General Assembly High-level Week. German officials said circumstances require him to remain in Berlin. He had been due to address the assembly on September 23, but regional elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on September 20 are considered crucial to his political future.

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