U.S. Vice President JD Vance's office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany on a day he gave a speech castigating European leaders.

US vice president JD Vance met with Alice Weidel, the co-leader and candidate for chancellor of the Alternative for Germany party, his office said.

The vice president met with the leaders of all four major German political parties — including Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Friday with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, while on a visit to Germany, an official in Vance's office said, according to a pool report.

US Vice President JD Vance met the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, her spokesman confirmed to dpa. The anti-immigrant and eurosceptic party has been excluded from the high-profile gathering of world leaders and foreign policy experts under way in Munich.