٠٠:٠٣:٤١Former US President Barack Obama started his speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Thursday greeting the crowd with the German "Guten Tag" (Good afternoon, Eng.) and praising German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her "outstanding work" in Germany and around the world.
He went on to say, "if there is conflict, if there is bad governance, if there is war or if there is poverty, in this new world that we live in we can’t isolate ourselves: we can’t hide behind a wall.”
Obama expressed his deepest condolences to relatives and friends of those killed and injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, stressing "how heart-broken we are by the loss of life."
Answering a question on his eight years of presidency, Obama said that he felt "very proud" of the work he had done, especially in terms of providing healthcare for an additional 20 million US citizens.
"Certainly I have some regrets that we were not able to get everyone healthcare and obviously some of the progress that we made is now imperiled because there is still a significant debate taking place in the United States," he added.
Speaking on his post-presidency, Obama said: "mostly I have been trying to catch up with my sleep, I've been trying to make sure that I'm spending more time with Michelle so that she forgives me for all the times that I've been away."
Obama and Merkel participated in a panel discussion of the biennial German Evangelical Church Assembly on the occasion of the Ascension Day which is celebrated on May 25 this year.
Germany: 'We can’t hide behind a wall' Obama tells Berlin
Former US President Barack Obama started his speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Thursday greeting the crowd with the German "Guten Tag" (Good afternoon, Eng.) and praising German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her "outstanding work" in Germany and around the world.
He went on to say, "if there is conflict, if there is bad governance, if there is war or if there is poverty, in this new world that we live in we can’t isolate ourselves: we can’t hide behind a wall.”
Obama expressed his deepest condolences to relatives and friends of those killed and injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, stressing "how heart-broken we are by the loss of life."
Answering a question on his eight years of presidency, Obama said that he felt "very proud" of the work he had done, especially in terms of providing healthcare for an additional 20 million US citizens.
"Certainly I have some regrets that we were not able to get everyone healthcare and obviously some of the progress that we made is now imperiled because there is still a significant debate taking place in the United States," he added.
Speaking on his post-presidency, Obama said: "mostly I have been trying to catch up with my sleep, I've been trying to make sure that I'm spending more time with Michelle so that she forgives me for all the times that I've been away."
Obama and Merkel participated in a panel discussion of the biennial German Evangelical Church Assembly on the occasion of the Ascension Day which is celebrated on May 25 this year.
Former US President Barack Obama started his speech at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on Thursday greeting the crowd with the German "Guten Tag" (Good afternoon, Eng.) and praising German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her "outstanding work" in Germany and around the world.
He went on to say, "if there is conflict, if there is bad governance, if there is war or if there is poverty, in this new world that we live in we can’t isolate ourselves: we can’t hide behind a wall.”
Obama expressed his deepest condolences to relatives and friends of those killed and injured in the Manchester Arena bombing, stressing "how heart-broken we are by the loss of life."
Answering a question on his eight years of presidency, Obama said that he felt "very proud" of the work he had done, especially in terms of providing healthcare for an additional 20 million US citizens.
"Certainly I have some regrets that we were not able to get everyone healthcare and obviously some of the progress that we made is now imperiled because there is still a significant debate taking place in the United States," he added.
Speaking on his post-presidency, Obama said: "mostly I have been trying to catch up with my sleep, I've been trying to make sure that I'm spending more time with Michelle so that she forgives me for all the times that I've been away."
Obama and Merkel participated in a panel discussion of the biennial German Evangelical Church Assembly on the occasion of the Ascension Day which is celebrated on May 25 this year.