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Merz: It Is Better To Refrain From Phone Conversations With Putin

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Merz: It Is Better To Refrain From Phone Conversations With Putin

The German Chancellor expressed the opinion that Trump is showing "growing skepticism" about Russia.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made it clear in an interview with the Züddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published Friday, June 27, that he has no plans to talk on the phone with Russia's ruler Putin just yet, notes "Deutsche Welle".

- Russia responded to the visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister (Viktor Orban. - Ed.) to Moscow with a heavy bombardment of Kiev, including a hospital. The last call (Putin. - Ed.) with my predecessor (Olaf Scholz. - Ed.) was followed by a strike on a children's hospital. If these are the consequences of telephone conversations (with the Russian president. - Ed.), I would refrain from them longer, - said the head of the German government.

In principle, it is right to seek any way to achieve peace, but in relation to the Russian Federation should not make the same mistake that was made before the Second World War in relation to the "Third Reich", said the Chancellor of Germany. He said he was reading a book about British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his policy of appeasement of Adolf Hitler, which failed.

On June 19, Putin said he was ready for contact with European politicians. In particular, Merz, according to the Russian president, "can call him."

Merz: Trump is increasingly critical of Russia

The German Chancellor also expressed the view that US President Donald Trump is showing "growing skepticism" toward Russia and is treating it "more critically." "There is a broad consensus in Europe on this war (Russia's war against Ukraine. - Ed.). I think President Trump is moving closer to that assessment," Merz said.

He added that although potential new U.S. sanctions against Russian Federation would also damage the U.S. economy, they are nevertheless still being intensively debated in the Senate and "the president will have the last word." "I am doing my best to ensure that the European Union and the United States will impose tougher sanctions in parallel," Merz emphasized.

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