German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he will keep the line of communication with Putin open. “We have to talk to each other,” he declared.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to keep the line of communication open with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the EFE agency advances, citing an interview published this Sunday.
“I am going to talk to Putin on the phone again, because we have to talk to each other.”, said Scholz, in statements to the German daily Tagesspiegel in Berlin, adding that the talks held so far do not have an “undelicate tone”, but Putin maintains the “unacceptable” position of forcibly incorporating parts of Ukraine into Russia.
Scholz added that these talks also address specific problems, such as the export of Ukrainian grain or the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, although they “always return to the central issue” of the war and how to get out of the current situation.
For Scholz, it is up to Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and end a “terribly absurd” war that has already destroyed “hundreds of thousands of lives.”
The foreign minister also stressed that he will not allow an escalation that leads to a war between Russia and NATO, assuring that this is a point on which there is consensus in his government.
Scholz’s remarks come at a time when the chancellor is participating in an official visit to Latin America, which began on Saturday.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took place almost a year ago, on February 24, after months of anticipation and tension.
Source: Observadora
