The new EU chief diplomat will continue to fight against Russian aggression. Kaja Kallas, recently appointed as the EU’s top diplomat, will deal with war in the Middle East, threats to economic security from China, and the struggle to win over a skeptical Global South th... #AngelaMerkel #KajaKallas #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Zelensky, Macron, and Merkel will discuss preparations for Normandy Four summit . Zelensky made the announcement on his Twitter account. Saying that the conversation was focused on the intensification of negotiations to end the war in the Donbas region, and agreeing on coordinate... #AngelaMerkel #EmmanuelMacron #NormandyFourSUmmit #Putin #Zelenskyy
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel made a brief working visit to Kyiv on August 22. She had met with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on August 20. Considering the virtual completion of the controversial Russo-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, t... #AngelaMerkel #Zelenskyy
Enduring differences between Kyiv and Berlin on the implications of the scheme were highlighted during their joint press conference. Zelenskiy continued to insist that Nord Stream 2 is a political weapon which Russia will use against Ukraine and Europe. Merkel denied this and in... #AngelaMerkel #Germany #nordstream2 #Zelenskyy
Zelenskiy told Merket that Ukraine’s transition to green energy is desirable but requires “too much money and time.” Ukraine wants to prepare for the future, but it has first to deal with pressing issues and potential threats, he explained. #AngelaMerkel #Zelenskyy
In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that if Russia tried to use the pipeline as a weapon, “we are not without any tools to do something. ” However, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Germany negotiators blocked “a U.S. request for a so-called kill-switch clause, enabling Berlin to suspend gas flows in the event of Russian ... #AngelaMerkel #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Yesterday Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the compromise, an agreement designed to allow the €9.5 billion pipeline to open this fall. With Angela Merkel’s plan to step down after the September 27 Bundestag elections, the Greens, her party’s main opponents, were scathing. “At a time when Putin is putting massive rhetorical and ... #AngelaMerkel #nordstream2 #Putin
Last night, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany wants Ukraine to remain a transit country for Russian gas to the EU. “We guarantee that Ukraine will maintain its status as a gas transit country, even if construction of Nord Stream 2 is completed,” Merkel said in Berlin at a joint press conference with President Zele... #AngelaMerkel #GasTransitUkraine #Zelenskyy
President Zelenskiy will dine in Berlin tonight with German Chancellor Angela Merkel – a final attempt to argue Ukraine’s case on Nord Stream 2 before she meets on Thursday with President Biden in Washington. A few days later, Zelenskiy will also meet Biden in Washington. He is expect... #AngelaMerkel #nordstream2 #Zelenskyy
In advance of Zelenskiy’s Berlin visit, Germany’s government said Friday that Germany wants Ukraine to retain its role as a transit country for Russian gas to Ukraine. Once Nord Stream 2 is commissioned, as early as this fall, Russia will not need Ukraine’s pipeline system. German Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters Friday: “For us, the issue o... #AngelaMerkel #nordstream2 #Zelenskyy
In Paris today, President Zelenskiy will discuss the growing Russian military threat with French President, Emmanuel Macron, and with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who will join by video conference. The three countries – plus Russia – are members of the ‘Normandy’ format of peace talks. The Normandy group has not met since December 2019. #AngelaMerkel #BigConstruction #EmmanuelMacron #Zelenskyy
