Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is planning to journey to Moscow “shortly” for a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He introduced this in a tv interview with the broadcaster ZDF, with out giving a precise date. Scholz reaffirmed his authorities’s course within the Ukraine disaster. The chancellor once more threatened Russia with sanctions within the occasion of an invasion of Ukraine, saying that this may come at a “very excessive worth”.
On the identical time, the chancellor emphasised his willingness to speak. The whole lot should be finished “to discover a approach to make peaceable growth in Europe attainable via talks”. Many individuals are terrified of a battle in the course of Europe, Scholz stated. “It’s our joint duty to make use of this twin technique to make sure that it doesn’t come to that.”
Scholz will already be travelling to the USA on Sunday for a gathering with US President Joe Biden there on Monday. The Ukraine disaster can also be prone to be a central matter throughout the assembly in Washington.
The chancellor doesn’t intend to journey to the Olympic Video games in Beijing, then again. “I’ve no plans to journey there, so you’ll be able to’t assume that I will out of the blue present up there and say: Hi there, right here I’m,” Scholz stated within the tv interview. International Minister Annalena Baerbock had already introduced earlier that she wouldn’t journey to Beijing. The Olympic Video games will open on Friday.
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