BERLIN — Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany on Saturday rejected claims that Berlin could also be pressuring Kyiv behind closed doorways to succeed in a peace cope with Russia.
The hypothesis has been fueled by a report within the German journal Der Spiegel on Friday a couple of secret ”Russia dinner” within the German embassy in Washington in late October, throughout which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s closest aide, the pinnacle of the chancellery Wolfgang Schmidt, reportedly ”euphorically praised” a proposal by U.S. suppose tanker Samuel Charap to finish the conflict in Ukraine via an imposed negotiated settlement with Moscow.
In a podcast interview with the German public broadcaster RRB, Oleksii Makeiev, the Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, denied the German authorities was pushing Kyiv to simply accept peace talks with Russia that might result in a everlasting lack of Ukrainian territory. The strain was ”additionally not” taking place behind closed doorways, Makeiev added.
An official from the German chancellery instructed POLITICO that Schmidt rejects the ”unfounded assertions” within the Spiegel report.
Scholz and different Western leaders have repeatedly careworn that Kyiv alone ought to resolve when and below which situations it reaches a peace cope with Moscow.
The German chancellor’s overseas and safety coverage advisor Jens Plötner wrote in a joint op-ed with Andriy Yermak, the pinnacle of the Ukrainian President’s workplace, earlier this month that ”a easy cease-fire immediately can be tantamount to legitimizing Russia’s land seize and pave the way in which for yet one more frozen battle.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned final week that he is not keen to debate peace with Ukraine till he is reached his aims within the conflict.