German Chancellor Scholz spoke about long telephone conversations with Putin

Berlin, 21 March 2023, 05:43 — REGNUM Details of telephone conversations with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin German Chancellor said Olaf Scholz March 20 at the Rheinische Post event in Düsseldorf.

According to Scholz, sometimes his conversations with the Russian leader lasted up to an hour and a half. The President of Russia and the Chancellor of Germany sometimes communicated in German, sometimes with translation. Scholz emphasized that during the conversation, a polite tone was always maintained.

“We turn to you”– said the German Chancellor.

The last telephone conversation between Scholz and Putin took place on December 2, 2022. At the same time, Berlin has repeatedly expressed a desire to continue bilateral contacts with Moscow, while noting “serious differences” in views on the Ukrainian conflict that manifest themselves in the course of such contacts.

Previously IA REGNUM reported that German Chancellor Scholz admitted that the Ukrainian conflict would drag on for a long time.

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