“In mid-October, Olaf Scholz already expressed his readiness to negotiate with Vladimir Putin on ending the war “on fair terms””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Scholz emphasized that he will not do it alone and intends to involve “numerous contacts”, including representatives of Ukraine.
Olaf Scholz visited Moscow in February 2022, before the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the results of the meeting with Vladimir Putin, which lasted for about three hours, the German chancellor urged to “avoid” further escalation in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
The last phone conversation between Scholz and Putin took place in December 2022, when the German chancellor called on the Russian president to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine and seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
In June 2024, Scholz made it clear that he was open to talks with Putin in the future, but only if specific things were discussed.
Earlier, Olaf Scholz said that further negotiations on a possible truce in connection with the war in Ukraine will take place only with the participation of Putin. On this issue, according to some reports, the German Chancellor consulted with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi during his visit to the US air base in Ramstein in September.
In mid-October, Olaf Scholz expressed his willingness to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war “on fair terms.”
Die Zeit reported on Scholz’s planned telephone talks with Putin with reference to “government circles” in October. According to the publication, the conversation should take place in November before the meeting of the “Group of Twenty” in Brazil.
The Kremlin said on November 11 that no signals had yet been received from Berlin regarding the possibility of Scholz’s conversation with Putin.