In her first public appearance since her resignation, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has examined her political relationship with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. He claims to defend the management of his successor Olaf Scholz.
Euskaraz irakurri: Merkel “lasai” agertu da, egungo egoera saihesteko bere esku zegun guztia egin zuelako
Former German Chancellor, Angela MerkelThe target of criticism since the start of the war in Ukraine for his policies toward Russia, said Tuesday he doesn’t blame himself, though he often wonders whether “the tragedy could have been prevented”.
In her first public appearance since her departure six months ago, the former president explained that, for example, in the summer of 2021 she was unable to carry out a European initiative to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin back to the dialogue table.
But looking back, it gives him a certain “peace of mind” to know that did his best to avoid the current situation and that he has full confidence in the management of his successor, Olaf Scholz, he indicated in a lecture at the Berliner Ensemble Theater organized by the publishing house Aufbau.
As for the accusations that she was naive in believing that Russia could change through trade relations with the West, Merkel has claimed she never will he had “illusions”but what you couldn’t pretend a neighboring country “didn’t exist”
The former chancellor has pointed out that she already knew then that Putin “wanted to destroy Europe”, but that it was necessary to “try everything diplomatically” before engaging in open conflict.
He has summarized his policy towards the Kremlin as “finding a modus vivendi in which we are not at war, but try to coexist despite our differences.”
Merkel has also defended the decision of the Bucharest summit in 2008 not to grant aid Ukraine the status of a candidate country to NATO, since then it was not a “democratically firm” country and was “dominated by oligarchs”.
He added that from Putin’s perspective, it would also have been a “declaration of war” to which he would have responded by inflicting extensive damage on Kiev, in line with his policy of intervening in countries around Russia that tried to defend themselves. orientate to the West.
For this reason he stated: he was against admitting Ukraine to NATO because he “did not want to continue to provoke this dynamic” and it was necessary to “prevent escalation”
The Kremlin has committed “catastrophic mistake” With the invasion of Ukraine, “a brutal attack, which ignores international law and has no excuse,” said Merkel, who nevertheless has urged not to summarily condemn Russian culturebut to judge each work or artist individually, as not all of them align with Putin.
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Source: EITB
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