In order to solve the Ukraine conflict, all possible conversation formats are used. A special meeting will take place in Berlin on Tuesday evening.
Berlin – Chancellor Olaf Scholz * (SPD) has now completed his inaugural visit to the USA – but the efforts to find a diplomatic solution in the Ukraine conflict * continue directly. On Tuesday (February 8), Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Head of State Andrzej Duda in Berlin for consultations. It is a meeting of the so-called Weimar Triangle – this format has been maintained for 30 years.
The meeting in the evening is preceded by a long period of consultation: Macron had previously held mediation talks in Moscow. He will also make another stop in Kiev on Tuesday. Scholz, in turn, has just returned from the USA. During Scholz’s visit to the White House, US President Joe Biden praised Germany as a reliable partner in the Ukraine crisis. The US President countered doubts about NATO partner Germany’s loyalty to the alliance.
Weimar Triangle on the Ukraine conflict: Scholz, Macron and Duda meet in Berlin
After consultations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Macron was convinced that a diplomatic solution to the current tensions in Europe was possible. Putin accused the West of using tensions in Ukraine for anti-Russian policies. And the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is also currently on the road: She is also in Ukraine and wants to find out more about the situation in the conflict area Donbass on Tuesday on the front line between Ukrainian government troops and the separatists supported by Russia.
In view of the deployment of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers near the border with Ukraine, there are fears that the Kremlin is planning an invasion of the neighboring country. Moscow denies that. It is also considered possible that the Russian side wants to stir up fears in order to persuade NATO to make concessions on demands for new security guarantees.
Ukraine conflict: press appointment planned with Chancellor Scholz
Before their conversation in the Chancellery, Scholz, Macron and Duda want to appear together in front of the press – this appointment is scheduled for 7 p.m. Germany and France are also trying to defuse the conflict between Ukraine and Russia in the so-called Normandy format*. Within the framework of NATO and the European Union, Warsaw advocates a clear deterrent against Russia. (dpa/cibo/AFP) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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