Merkel welcomes participants at Berlin conference on Libya (2) Angela Merkel welcomes world leaders at the International Conference on Libya, among them Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Held under the auspices of the United Nations, the summit's main goal is to get foreign powers wielding influence in the region to stop interfering in the war -- be it through the supply of weapons, troops or financing. IMAGES of arrivals