Merz also says that he wants to achieve peace in Ukraine as quickly as possible, but that peace should not be imposed on Ukraine. Among other things, he disagrees with Scholz, who refuses to give Ukraine long-range TAURUS missiles. German Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz Says Russia Should Agree to German Peacekeepers in Ukraine src=”https://baltimorechronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2a143ff5a2a78be982ecf3d338559df6.jpg” alt=”German Chancellor Candidate Friedrich Merz Says Russia Should Agree to German Peacekeepers in Ukraine” Friedrich Merz
The head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that sending German peacekeepers to Ukraine requires “an uncontroversial mandate in accordance with international law,” DW reports.
“I would like this mandate to be in consensus with Russia, not in conflict,” Merz said.
He said that he wants to achieve peace in Ukraine as quickly as possible.
“But this should not be imposed peace. It should be peace with Ukraine, not against Ukraine,” the conservative politician emphasized.
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At the same time, as Merz noted, Russia's hybrid operations in Germany must stop – in particular, attacks on German IT infrastructure, “freedom of expression, social networks.”
The head of the CDU also expressed disagreement with the policy of the current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who refuses to give Ukraine long-range TAURUS missiles, fearing that Germany will then become a party to the conflict. Russia must agree to German peacekeepers in Ukraine src=”https://baltimorechronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/87720e338e3c6ae85dba2802bb52255e.png” alt=”German Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz said that “German peacekeepers”
Merz noted that the United States, Great Britain, and France have already supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces with similar weapons, and have not become a warring party. “.