This would not ensure continued gas supplies from Moscow, with Berlin facing a “double” risk of being “blackmailed”, Ms Burbock argued during a discussion with citizens in Bremen on Thursday.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock has ruled out any easing of sanctions imposed on Russia following its February 24 military invasion of Ukraine.
This would not ensure continued gas supplies from Moscow, with Berlin facing a “double” risk of being “blackmailed”, Ms Burbock argued during a discussion with citizens in Bremen on Thursday.
If the German government accepted that any country could violate international law “in the most barbaric way”, it would become “an invitation to all those who trample on human rights, freedom and democracy” to continue on this path, he ruled. the head of German diplomacy.
Ms Burbock insisted that Berlin would continue to support Ukraine “as long as it needs us. And therefore we will maintain these sanctions, while ensuring that society in our country is not divided.”
Politicians from the Left party (Die Linke) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are calling for easing measures that are hurting the German economy.
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