"Michael Roth, former SPD lawmaker and chair of the foreign affairs committee, said a mediator "cannot be Putin's buddy", in an interview with Tagesspiegel. He stressed that any mediator must above all be accepted by Ukraine. "Neither Moscow nor we can decide that on Kyiv's behalf.""
Putin said the war in Ukraine is heading toward an end and expressed a personal preference for former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder to help restart talks with Europe. Berlin reacted cautiously, taking note of the comments while viewing them as part of Russia’s bogus offers. A test of Moscow’s intentions would be extending the current three-day truce. Schröder has stayed close to Putin since leaving office and has not publicly condemned the 2022 invasion, losing privileges typically granted to former chancellors. He previously worked on Russian energy projects, including Nord Stream and Rosneft. Some German politicians argue he is unsuitable because a mediator cannot be Putin’s ally and must be accepted by Ukraine.
#ukraine-peace-talks #vladimir-putin #gerhard-schroder #germany-russia-relations #german-political-response
Read at The Local Germany
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]