Germany: “No European or NATO soldiers will be sent to Ukraine”

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholzstressed this Tuesday that the possibility of sending European or European soldiers is not on the table. NATO fight in Ukraine.

During a visit to Friborg (south), Scholz emphasized that there is “consensus” about the fact that this principle will remain in force “in the future”after the French president, Emmanuel Macrondid not exclude on Monday the sending of ground troops to Ukraine if necessary.

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“What we had agreed together and among ourselves will also remain valid in the future, that there are no ground forces, that there are no soldiers on Ukrainian soil who were sent by European states Or the NATO”he claimed.

““It’s important to make sure of that again and again, and the fact that there was agreement on that is, from my point of view, a very, very good and very important step forward,” he said. stood out one day after participating Paris for the conference on Ukraine in which Macron made the controversial statements.

The Chancellor had already defended this Monday his renewed refusal to supply missiles Bull for Ukraine with the importance of avoiding active involvement in the conflict, since such weapons cannot be handled without the participation of German soldiers.

“Germany is the European country that most supports militarily Ukraine. It will continue like this. But it is clear that we will not become a party to the conflict, neither directly nor indirectly.”he wrote Scholz on social network X.

Several heads of government, including those of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, Today they rejected the possibility of sending their soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

He Kremlinin turn, described as “inevitable”a direct conflagration with the NATO If allied countries send troops to Ukraine and the spokesperson for the Russian Presidency said that these should “appreciate”if the conflict with Russia “corresponds to your interests and the interests of your people”.

Source: Elcomercio

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