Roderich Kiesewetter, the protection spokesperson for Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has acknowledged that Chancellor Olaf Scholz might meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier than Germany’s parliamentary elections on Feb. 23.
“There are rising indications that Chancellor Scholz will journey to Moscow and meet Putin earlier than February 23,” Kiesewetter mentioned on X.
“For Ukraine, implementing the meant plans would imply, amongst different issues, a suspension of the Paris Constitution for 10 to twenty years. How the Ukrainian inhabitants or our neighbors react to all of this will probably be revealing.”
Kiesewetter criticized the potential assembly, warning that “Ukraine should not be the article or the sufferer. Russia is as much as its neck in financial and social phrases, however Ukraine, which is in a lot worse form, needs to be accommodated—not Russia!”
He additionally cautioned that any negotiations right now “are on the expense of Ukraine and de facto imply submission.”
In his election marketing campaign, Scholz has positioned himself as a “chancellor of peace”, advocating for each assist for Ukraine and negotiations with Russia to finish the conflict. Nevertheless, Kiesewetter took goal at what he known as the “so-called ‘Moscow connection’” and referred to as for larger readability and resolve inside Germany’s management.
The CDU is at the moment main in pre-election polls, with get together chief Friedrich Merz broadly seen because the frontrunner to develop into Germany’s subsequent chancellor.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first cellphone dialog in almost two years on Nov. 15, in line with a German authorities assertion.
The unannounced hour-long name noticed Scholz condemning Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, urging Putin to withdraw troops and pursue a “simply and lasting peace” via negotiations. Scholz reaffirmed Germany’s “unwavering willpower to assist Ukraine in its defensive battle towards Russian aggression for so long as crucial”.
President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged in November that Scholz’s name with Putin opens a “Pandora’s field”, doubtlessly resulting in “different conversations and different calls”.
