(Daily Mail)
AFP and Associated Press June 18, 2019 20:18
German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official ceremony, saying she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat.
Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun in Berlin on Tuesday next to visiting Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom she was welcoming to her office building with military honors.
Mrs Merkel's whole body visibly shook and she pursed her lips as she tried to contain the situation as she stood with Zelenskiy in the 28C (82F) heat while a military band played their national anthems outside the chancellery.
But following the anthems, Mrs Merkel seemed better, walking quickly along the red carpet with Zelenskiy into the building, pausing to greet the military band and taking a salute.
Asked by reporter about her well-being at a news conference about 90 minutes later, Merkel smiled: 'Since then I've drunk at least three glasses of water, which I apparently needed, and now I'm doing very well.'
Mrs Merkel, who turns 65 next month, smiled broadly after a reporter asked whether her shaking was a cause for concern, saying that she was fine.
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