Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained that she was not allowed to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation around Ukraine. Merkel shared her feelings about this with the German journalist and writer Alexander Osang.
“This did not come as a surprise (the beginning of a special operation in Ukraine, – approx. URA.RU). The Minsk agreements were undermined. In the summer of 2021 after the meeting of the presidents [США Джо] Biden and Putin, I, together with [лидером Франции] Emmanuel Macron once again wanted to establish an independent European format for discussion with Putin in the Council of the EU. Some objected, and I no longer had the strength to move it forward. After all, everyone knew: “She will already leave in the fall,” Merkel said in an interview with the publication..
The ex-Chancellor of Germany said that now she does not want to interfere in current politics. At the end of her reign, she said, in terms of foreign policy, she “didn’t get a millimeter further, even though she tried so many things over and over again.” “Not only in relation to Ukraine. Transnistria and Moldova, Georgia and Abkhazia, Syria and Libya. It’s time for a new approach,” she stressed.
Previously, Angela Merkel called on the West takes Putin’s words more seriously. She explained that this attitude towards Russia is “a sign of political wisdom” and not a sign of weakness.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained that she was not allowed to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation around Ukraine. Merkel shared her feelings about this with the German journalist and writer Alexander Osang. “This did not come as a surprise (the beginning of a special operation in Ukraine, – approx. URA.RU). The Minsk agreements were undermined. In the summer of 2021 after the meeting of the presidents [США Джо] Biden and Putin, I, together with [лидером Франции] Emmanuel Macron once again wanted to establish an independent European format for discussion with Putin in the Council of the EU. Some objected, and I no longer had the strength to move it forward. After all, everyone knew: “She will already leave in the fall,” Merkel said in an interview with Spiegel. The ex-Chancellor of Germany said that now she does not want to interfere in current politics. At the end of her reign, she said, in terms of foreign policy, she “didn’t get a millimeter further, even though she tried so many things over and over again.” “Not only in relation to Ukraine. Transnistria and Moldova, Georgia and Abkhazia, Syria and Libya. It’s time for a new approach,” she stressed. Earlier, Angela Merkel urged the West to take Putin’s words more seriously. She explained that this attitude towards Russia is “a sign of political wisdom” and not a sign of weakness.