US EditionGerman Chancellor Merz Rejects Dialogue with Putin, Citing Ineffectiveness in Resolving Ukraine Conflict
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German Chancellor Merz rejects dialogue with Putin, citing ineffectiveness in resolving Ukraine conflict
Germany’s Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has stated he’s not planning to reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin anytime soon, marking a shift from previous leadership approaches. Merz believes direct talks with Putin hold little promise and aims not to repeat his predecessor's missteps. According to DW, past interactions with Putin have failed to ease tensions surrounding the Ukraine conflict. In an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Merz p…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he would refrain from calling dictator Vladimir Putin for a long time.
Merz continues to reject contacts with Putin
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced that he will not carry phone calls with Vladimir Putin. Merz prompted the decision by the example of previous discussions to arrest the conflict in Ukraine. He said that, after the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Moscow, Russia launched a powerful attack on Kiev. An attack on a child hospital followed the last telephone conversation between former Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Putin. Ques…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he does not plan to have telephone conversations with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, since previous contacts with the Russian leader have not yielded any results. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to DW. Merz cited two examples - the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Moscow in July 2024 and the telephone conversation of his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, with Putin in November…
He stated this in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung. After the last phone conversation with my predecessor, bombs fell on the children's hospital. So if this is the result of such telephone conversations, I would refrain from it for a long time,” Mertz said. Regarding the US position, the chancellor noted that Trump shows “growing skepticism” about Putin and is becoming increasingly critical at a time when there is a great deal of agreem…
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