Ukraine: Austrian Chancellor to try to pressure Moscow to build humanitarian corridors

Austrian Chancellor Carl Nehammer will try to push for humanitarian corridors in Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, but does not expect “a miracle”, said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Sahle.

“We must seize all opportunities to end the humanitarian hell in Ukraine, and the chancellor will work in this direction with very clear messages regarding the humanitarian situation and with political advice,” Salenberg said before meeting with his counterparts. of the EU in Luxembourg.

“The message Nehamer will send to Putin will be that we want the war to end. We want humanitarian corridors. We want international humanitarian organizations to be able to do their job,” he added.

The Austrian chancellor “has no European mandate”. His visit to Moscow is a “personal initiative”, a decision he made after talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Sols, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the presidents of the European institutions, Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, clarified Salenberg.

“Any voice that makes President Putin understand what reality is like outside the Kremlin walls is not lost,” he said, acknowledging that “no one expects a miracle.”

Nehamer will be the first European leader to meet with the Russian president since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The trip to Moscow is “a risky mission”, the Austrian chancellor admitted on Sunday, but presented “a window of dialogue”, he added.

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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