Already last weekend, Scholz announced that he wants to resume a “dialogue” with the Russian dictator soon to discuss the war that Russia has launched against Ukraine.
“We have to find out (..) whether this war will last forever, or whether we can find ways to end it,” the German chancellor said in a conversation with the public broadcaster on Sunday.
The previous conversation between Scholz and Putin took place in December 2022, when the chancellor called on the dictator to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict and withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine.
During the conversation on Friday, Scholtz called on Putin to start negotiations on a “just and lasting” peace with Ukraine.
Hebestreit said that before the conversation with the Russian dictator, Scholz had spoken with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In the conversation with Zelenskiy, the chancellor has repeatedly emphasized that Germany will continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary.
According to the unofficial summary, given to certain media, including the public broadcasting organization “Deutsche Welle”, by sources in the government, Scholz, in a conversation with Putin, condemned the war started by Moscow against Ukraine, which has been going on for more than 1,000 days.
The chancellor has particularly condemned the Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian civil infrastructure.
Scholz is said to have also criticized the possible involvement of the North Korean army in the war on the Russian side, which would create a “serious escalation”.
The chancellor once again called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine and urged the dictator to start “serious negotiations with Ukraine” in order to achieve a “just and lasting peace”.
He emphasized Germany’s “unshakable determination to support Ukraine in its defense struggle for as long as necessary,” noting that Putin should therefore not assume that time is working in his favor.
Both the German chancellor and the Russian dictator have agreed to continue communication.
Berlin is going to inform other NATO members about the details of the talks.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin, demonstrating that nothing has changed in Moscow’s position, has already announced that any agreement on the end of the war is possible only if the so-called Russian security interests, which “arise from the new territorial realities”, are taken into account and the “root causes of the conflict” are eliminated. , it is a complete capitulation in front of revanchist Russian totalitarianism.
Source: www.diena.lv
