Scholz’s statement: Russia’s allies are increasingly questioning the war in Ukraine

The countries that maintain close relations with Moscow and that can be called partners of the Russian Federation, already doubt the expediency of the war of aggression that the aggressor country is waging in Ukraine.

About this write “DW”.

According to the statement of the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, even countries that traditionally support close relations with Moscow are beginning to question the expediency of the war in Ukraine.

“There is practically no head of government in the world who believes that this war has any meaning for Russia. This also applies to those who are very close to Russia“, he said at the Freie Presse event in Chemnitz on Friday, April 19.

The head of the German government noted that China openly declared its readiness to participate in the diplomatic process to end the war in Ukraine. According to Sholsch, Beijing has a positive attitude towards the peace summit regarding Ukraine in Switzerland.

During his visit to China, Scholz urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to influence Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

“China’s word carries weight in Russia. That’s why I asked Xi to put pressure on Russia so that Putin finally ends his frenzied campaign, withdraws his troops and ends this terrible war“, – wrote Scholz on April 16 in the X social network.

At the same time, Scholz did not rule out that he could again discuss the war in Ukraine with Putin on the phone.

“But of course, it should be clear what exactly we are going to talk about.” – he emphasized.

The German chancellor once again accused the Russian president of pursuing an imperialist goal and wanting to question the very existence of Ukraine.