““This step can be an impetus for further talks with Vladimir Putin, but there will be no Minsk-3 and Ukraine needs real peace””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, “this step can be an impetus for further talks with Vladimir Putin, but there will be no Minsk-3 and Ukraine needs real peace.”
“About one of today’s news. Chancellor Scholz told me that he was going to call Putin. Olaf’s call, in my opinion, is Pandora’s box. Now there can be other conversations, other calls. Just a lot of words. And this is exactly what Putin has wanted for a long time: it is extremely important for him to weaken his isolation, the isolation of Russia, and conduct ordinary negotiations that will not end in anything. As he has done for decades. This gave Russia the opportunity not to change anything in its policy, not to do anything in essence, and this is exactly what led to this war,” the president emphasized.
The head of state noted that Ukraine “understands all these challenges now.”
“We know how to act. And we want to warn you: “Minsk-3″ will not happen – we need real peace,” Zelenskyi said.
The press service of the Bundestag confirmed that Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the afternoon of November 15.
According to the agency, “the federal chancellor condemned Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine and called on President Putin to stop it and withdraw the troops.”
In addition, according to the agency, during the conversation, Scholz called on Russia “to be ready for negotiations with Ukraine in order to achieve a just and lasting peace” and emphasized “Germany’s unshakable determination.”
It is also known that the day before, the Chancellor of Germany held a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, and “will continue it after negotiations with the President of Russia.”
Earlier, local media reported that on November 15, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. These are the first such negotiations in two years.
The last telephone 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.