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Germany and the United States swear in the name of transatlantic cooperation in Berlin.
Berlin
UNITED STATES foreign minister Antony Blinken is expected to talk about transatlantic relations in his speech, which HS shows live from Berlin. You can follow the event live in this article from about 4 p.m.
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said at a news conference Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in Berlin that Russia must prepare for severe consequences if it carries out its military threat to Ukraine.
The message is the same that the United States, the EU and Germany have been repeating for weeks.
Blinken has visited Ukraine earlier this week and will meet with Russian Foreign Minister tomorrow Friday Sergei Lavrovin In Geneva.
“It is no less than peace in Europe. It’s an existential question for us, ”Baerbock said.
Blinken said any attack by Russia would have consequences. The matter was alarmed by the President of the United States on Wednesday Joe Biden at a press conference where he spoke of a minor attack.
Biden’s comments on “low intrusion” into Ukraine did not raise, the White House hurried to explain
Baerbockin according to the meeting, there was a consensus that only a political path and a path of dialogue is possible out of the crisis. Unfortunately, Russia’s behavior remains worrying, Baerbock said.
Baerbock said Russia would have serious consequences from the military attack, “even if it had economic consequences for us”.
Freezing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea could be one such possible solution. Germany is dependent on Russian gas, and the pipeline is of great economic importance to Russia.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has seen Nord Stream 2 only as an economic issue, but on Tuesday he softened his stance on it and signaled that it could also come into play in the range of sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine.
Foreign Ministers met earlier in January in Washington. Both Blinken and Biden on Thursday emphasized their close cooperation and common will.
According to the German Foreign Ministry, the visit is about deepening transatlantic cooperation.
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