Merkel, Panama president spoke by phone about transparency, tax cooperation
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela by telephone on Thursday, a spokesman for the German government said. "This had been agreed in advance. Transparency and tax cooperation were important themes during this phone call," Steffen Seibert said at a government news conference on Friday. (Reporting by Michelle Martin and Joseph Nasr)