Germany's Scholz: Biden has good chance of re-election

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he is confident that Joe Biden will be re-elected president of the United States when the country goes to the polls in 2024.

"I think Biden has a very good chance of being re-elected," Scholz told the WDR broadcaster.

"I think that we have a very close trans-atlantic relationship with the current U.S. president," he said, adding however that Berlin must be ready to cooperate with any government in Washington.

(Reporting by Miranda Murray, Writing by Rachel More)