German Chancellor believes Russia should attend future international peace summit in Ukraine
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As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to achieve a “faster” to peace, Sunday, September 8. “I think it is now time to discuss how we can get out of this war situation and achieve peace more quickly.”he said in an interview with public broadcaster ZDF.
Olaf Scholz also believes that Russia should attend a future international peace summit in Ukraine. “There will undoubtedly be another peace conference”he commented, “The Ukrainian President and I agree to include Russia in it”She did not take part in the previous summit in June in Switzerland, which Moscow had said it did not want to attend and for which the Kremlin had not received an official invitation. “It is important that we move forward”he commented.
The second largest donor of aid to Ukraine after the United States, the government of Chancellor Scholz has promised to maintain its support “as long as necessary”The far-right Alternative for Germany party and the new left-wing nationalist and populist party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, are both calling for an end to arms supplies to Ukraine.