Scholz last spoke to Putin in early December 2022, in a conversation that lasted about an hour, the chancellor called for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine as soon as possible.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he will continue to try to end the all-out war against Ukraine by talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tagesspiegel reports.
“I will also talk to Putin again on the phone – because we need to talk to each other. It is Putin who must withdraw the troops from Ukraine and stop the horrible senseless war that has cost of hundreds of thousands of lives,” Scholz said.
According to the German Chancellor, as long as Russia continues the war without stopping the aggression, the current situation will not change.
He recalled that his calls to Putin were “disrespectful in tone,” but the Russian president has made it clear on several occasions that he wants to “annex parts of a neighboring country by force,” which he “doesn’t acceptable.”
“Sometimes we also discussed the specific issues of the exchange of prisoners, the export of grain from Ukraine and the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye, but it is important for me that the negotiations always return to the current topic : how can the world get out of this terrible situation? The basis for this is obvious: the withdrawal of Russian troops” – added the head of the German government.
Recall that the last time Scholz spoke with Putin was in early December 2022. In a conversation that lasted almost an hour, the chancellor called for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine as soon as possible.
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Source: korrespondent
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