Meseberg, Germany, Nov 20, SPA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel metItalian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Tuesday at the start ofconsultations between their two governments, reported dpa. The two leaders were joined by their foreign ministers for thetalks at Schloss Meseberg, the German government guest house some 70kilometres from Berlin. Transport and economics ministers from the two countries wereholding their own bilateral meetings on a range of issues. Prodi said in an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitungdaily Tuesday that there were no problems in relations between hiscountry and Germany. He said the talks with Merkel would concentrate on closercooperation in the fields of transportation and energy.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/501601