Presiden Obama Disambut Tradisi Bavaria Jelang KTT G7 di Jerman
Barack Obama Enjoys a Traditional Bavarian Welcome as Arrive for G7 Summit
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
PRESIDEN AS Barack Obama mengunjungi desa Bavarian Krün didampingi Angela Merkel pada Minggu.
Para pemimpin negara-negara G7 bertemu untuk pertemuan puncak membahas isu-isu global.
Presiden dan Merkel akan bertemu David Cameron serta pemimpin Perancis, Italia, Kanada dan Jepang di Schloss Elmau yang berada di Pegunungan Alpen.
Dia bercanda bahwa ia akan membeli sepasang lederhosen sambil menikmati weisswurst dan bir gandum lokal.
Kedua pemimpin berjanji untuk menegakkan 'persahabatan abadi' Amerika Serikat dan Jerman.
Presiden AS itu disambut oleh grup musik tradisional band oompah yang memainkan kayu panjang aphorns, sementara warga dari desa Krün mengenakan lederhosen tradisional yang memadati alun-alun kota.
"Tidak pernah ada hari yang buruk untuk bir dan sebuah weisswurst,' Obama berkelakar, seraya menambahkan bahwa ia akan mencoba untuk membeli sepasang lederhosen selama kunjungannya ke Jerman, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama visited Bavarian village of Krün with Angela Merkel on Sunday.
Leaders of the G7 countries are meeting for a summit on global issues.
The President and Ms Merkel are meeting David Cameron as well as the leaders of France, Italy, Canada and Japan at Schloss Elmau, nestled in the Alps.
He joked that he would buy a pair of lederhosen as he snacked on weisswurst and the local wheat beer.
The two leaders vowed to uphold 'enduring friendship' of US and Germany.
The US President was greeted by an oompah band playing long wooden alphorns, while residents of the village of Krün wore traditional lederhosen as they filled the town square.
'There's never a bad day for a beer and a weisswurst,' Mr Obama joked, adding that he would try to buy a pair of lederhosen during his visit to Germany.
