Germany: America Blocks Ukraine Peace Talks
The former German Chancellor stated that the United States was blocking peace talks in Ukraine. Gerhard Schröder, former German chancellor in an interview with the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung on Saturday (21/10/2023) stated that the American government, just weeks after the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24 2022, had not taken any action to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
"Even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi's representatives were ready to make concessions on key issues such as abandoning efforts to join NATO, they failed to reach an agreement on a peace solution," Schröder said. This comes as Russian officials have repeatedly said that the United States and Ukraine's supporters in other Western countries have discouraged Zelensky's government from agreeing to a peace solution. The former German politician also told the Berliner Zeitung, stressing, "Other Western leaders must understand that whoever comes to power in Moscow, Russia will not allow Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO." "This analysis of the threat may be sentimental, but it is real in Russia.
The West must understand this and accept the compromise. Otherwise, peace will be difficult to achieve," he added. Although Russia has repeatedly stated this as a serious threat to its national security. In fact, Russia in December 2021 submitted a proposal to NATO and the United States to demand the end of this process and the return of NATO troops to the 1997 borders, that is, before the membership of Eastern European countries, and has become central in this military organization. However, the indifference and aggressive attitude of NATO and the United States became the basis for Russia's attack on Ukraine to prevent the realization of the scenario that the West was considering on February 24, 2022.
Berliner Zeitung
