Bogdan Frolov20:57, 15.03.25
The former German Chancellor shared her thoughts on the war in Ukraine and the process of ending it.
There is no justification for Russia, which started a full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but it is necessary to discuss the interests of the occupiers, said former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview with Berliner Zeitung . According to her, the United States, Germany and the European Union, in general, support Ukraine, as it is in their own interests.
“Because you can’t just invade a country and question its territorial sovereignty. In 1994, the United States, together with Great Britain and Russia, signed the Budapest Memorandum on Assistance to the Territorial Sovereignty of Ukraine, which is a necessary condition for Ukraine to renounce nuclear weapons. In this regard, they took responsibility for the security of Ukraine,” she noted.
In addition, Merkel said that if there is a desire to help a country that is “about to be destroyed by an aggressor,” it is forbidden to publicly talk about [that country’s] internal affairs, especially in the tone that US President Donald Trump did during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
She added that she wants Ukraine to emerge from this fight for survival as a sovereign country in peace and freedom. To achieve this goal, in addition to military force, she said, it is necessary to use diplomacy and compromise, and this must be done with dignity.
Merkel believes that in the current situation it is still possible to ensure that the Russian occupiers do not win the war. Although this cannot be achieved by military means.
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“There is no justification for Russia, which started a full-scale war against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, but it is necessary to discuss the interests of the occupiers”
There was no reason to grant mafia land a gas pipeline that wasn’t even needed. You are responsible for this mess along with Hollande and putler when all 3 of you ganged up on Poroshenko.
I’m not at all sure why her opinion is needed. She has caused more than enough damage and trouble while she was still in politics. She should be in prison for her behavior and actions. Merkel was one of Europe’s worst politicians ever.
Well she is correct in that moskovia should have interest in peace talks.
That definition of ‘interest’ should be strictly limited to peace through surrender.
‘Interest’ as in what do they get must be limited to nothing.
The World needs to see, yet again. that aggression and crime does not pay.