Merkel vows to safeguard multilateralism at WEF meeting

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a plenary session at the 49th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 23, 2019. "I believe that multilateralism is indispensable for the prosperous development of the world," Merkel said here Wednesday. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)