German Foreign Minister Analena Berbok It is, according to Der Spiegel magazine, to be proposed for the position of President of the UN General Assembly. OR Russia However, she rejects her candidacy and refers to the outgoing grandfather’s Nazi past ‘Green’ Minister.

“It would be strange 80 years after the victory in World War II to see in the position of President of the UN General Assembly the granddaughter of a Nazi, who is proud of his accomplishments,” said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria SakharovaSPIEGEL reports, citing the state -run TASS news agency. Ms Berbok has repeatedly referred to her grandfather, who served at Vermacht on the Eastern Front.

According to the magazine, Analena Berbok is expected to be elected in June and launch her 12 -month term in September. The Foreign Ministry was due to propose to the position of a career diplomat Helga Smindwhich also served as Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and had already begun its campaign in New York.

Spiegel reports that the following Chancellor has already given his consent Friedrich Mertz.