Chancellor Soltz defends his phone call to Russian President Putin

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his phone conversation with Vladimir Putin yesterday, Friday, gave no indication of a change in the Russian president’s position on the war in Ukraine, but defended his decision to call the Kremlin, the which caused a lot of criticism. Solz’s hour-long phone conversation with Putin, the first face-to-face in almost two years, came three months before snap elections in which the unpopular chancellor faces a major challenge from populists on the left and right. which require a repetition of diplomacy. Critics, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the phone call was a violation of Western solidarity for domestic political gain. “It was important to tell him (Putin) that he cannot count on declining support from Germany, Europe and many others in the world,” Soltz told reporters. “The conversation was very detailed but […]
Source: News Beast

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