Moscow, Shawwal 6, 1438, Jun 30, 2017, SPA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have spoken on the telephone ahead of next week's G20 summit in Hamburg, dpa cited the Kremlin as saying on Friday. The two leaders discussed the future of the Paris climate accord in the wake of President Donald Trump's announcement of US withdrawal from the agreement. Action against climate change will be a central theme at the meeting of 20 of the world's leading industrialized and emerging nations. --SPA 21:12 LOCAL TIME 18:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w438206