German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday reproached those who seem to want to engage in a «public competition» to see who sends the most armaments to Ukraine, while «openly» criticizing those allies who do not want to be part of this strategy.
«What harms our unity is a public competition of supply: battle tanks, submarines, aircraft…. Who is demanding more? What is damaging is harsh statements in the key of domestic politics and criticism of partners and allies in an open manner,» he reproached during his speech in the Bundestag.
Scholz warned that Germany will not take part in such debates as they only serve to benefit Russian President Vladimir Putin, who can see in such disputes a disunity among Ukraine’s allies.
For this reason, he has called for greater cohesion both within the German government coalition and among the Western allies with regard to the decision making on sending arms to Ukraine, as this is the best asset they have to help this country win the war.
In this regard, he gave as examples the «confidential» talks between Berlin and Washington before a joint decision was taken on sending tanks to Ukraine and their subsequent announcement.
For its part, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has presented to Parliament a «peace proposal» for Ukraine, in which it asks the Government to «strongly» defend the creation of an international delegation headed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) so that the parties to the conflict agree on «an immediate cease-fire».
The proposal, which will be debated on Thursday in the Bundestag, makes military, financial and political support for Ukraine conditional on its willingness to sit down and negotiate «seriously» with Russia, a country that should also be required to be «willing to engage in dialogue».
The text also defends the need for the four regions of eastern Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia, such as Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporiyia and Kherson, to be placed under a UN mandate for the duration of the negotiation process.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
