Merkel Uproar: Criticism From Poland, Praise From Moscow

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Angela Merkel said in an interview that Poland and the Baltic states blocked EU talks with Vladimir Putin before the war in Ukraine. This was met with sharp criticism from those countries, while support came from Moscow.

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Angela Merkel complains that a new format of dialogue with Russia had failed in the run-up to the Ukraine war because of Poland and the Baltic states. Is such criticism justified?

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In an interview given to the Hungarian portal, Partizan, the former German Chancellor returned to the beginnings of the war in Ukraine, evoking, in particular, the frileous reaction of Poland and the Baltic countries to his proposal for joint negotiations with Putin in 2021. His comments provoked strong reactions, both in Germany and in the countries targeted by his statements.

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The President of Latvia, Yodgar Rinkevich, responded to the statement by ex-Cancellor Angela Merkel of Germany that Poland and the Baltic countries allegedly prevented negotiations with the Russian Federation in 2021 and that it had already begun a full-scale invasion of Ukraine the following year, Delfi wrote. During the period referred to by Merkel, Rinkevich was the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia. "Wait until my memoirs came out, ther…