Germany/Mali: Merkel meets Keïta in Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel considered at a press conference with Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Wednesday that there should not be any discussions within the European Union related to the financing of the intervention of African and French forces in the Central African Republic. Images and soundbites from the press conference with Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, President of Mali.