FILE PHOTO: Austrian Chancellor and head of the People's Party (OeVP) Karl Nehammer gives a press statement with head of the Social Democrats Andreas Babler and head of NEOS party Beate Meinl-Reisinger to announce the start of coalition negotiations in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Elisabeth Mandl/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer had a "very friendly and forward-looking" phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in which the two leaders discussed topics including energy security, Nehammer said on social media platform X on Tuesday.
In the call on Monday night, "I congratulated him on his resounding re-election victory, and we discussed key topics such as energy security, economic and defense cooperation," he said, adding that he looked forward to deepening the countries' ties.
