5 minutes agoGermany's former caclari refuses to cut ties with Putin
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Former German cascellari, Gerhard Schroeder, said he wants to keep in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite pressure to cut off his friendship because of Russia's war in Ukraine. “I will not give up my chances for talks with President Putin”, Schroeder told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemen Zeitung. Schroeder, [...]
“I will not give up my chances for talks with President Putin”, Schroeder told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemen Zeitung.
Schroeder, Social Democrat, has been German Chancellor from 1998 to 2005 and, after leaving, has become chairman of the board of the Russian state oil company Rosneft.
He has resigned from office in Rosneft in May and has refused the nomination aboard the other Russian giant, Gazprom, which was made before Russia began the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Schroeder has faced sharp criticism in Germany for years because of his work for Russian companies.
Speaking to the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Schroeder said he does not believe in the military resolution of conflict in Ukraine.
He added that after meeting with Putin in March, he has the impression that the Russian president is interested in negotiating solutions.
“What such a solution looks like, can only be clarified with negotiations”, Schroeder said.
Schroeder made it clear that he believes Ukraine is guilty of failing negotiations so far.
Other members of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) have been distanced from Schroeder. / REL
