German Foreign Minister Says Putin Unwilling to Talk to Scholz
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to talk to German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz.
The statement by the head of the German Foreign Ministry is cited by Reuters.
What Baerbock said about Putin's reluctance to talk to Scholz
The last telephone conversation between the Russian President and the German Chancellor took place in December 2022.
According to the head of German diplomacy, the Russian president refuses to make peace.
Today he is not even ready to talk to the German Chancellor on the phone, Baerbock said.
In early September, Scholz said it was time for negotiations on Ukraine.
On October 1, the German publication Die Zeit, citing sources in the German government, reported that Scholz plans to hold a telephone conversation with Putin ahead of the G20 summit in November.
The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, then stated that Putin and Scholz had no topics for conversation.
