FDP Vice Wolfgang Kubicki was irritated by statements by former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) about his contact with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. “Basically, of course, it’s always better to keep in touch with the leaders of authoritarian states, and nobody can prevent the ex-chancellor from doing this,” Kubicki told the newspapers of the Funke media group (Monday). “But anyone who thinks that Germany has a diplomatic obligation to end the war in Ukraine is distorting the facts.” Schröder had previously told the “FAZ” that he did not want to give up his “opportunities to talk to President Putin” despite the Russian war of aggression. He doesn’t believe in a military solution. “The war can only be ended through diplomatic negotiations.”
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