The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, accuses Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of not distancing himself clearly enough from Moscow – quite the opposite.
According to the Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has a highly questionable political affinity with Russia.
“For Steinmeier, the relationship with Russia was and remains something fundamental, even sacred, no matter what happens. The war of aggression doesn’t play a major role either,” Melnyk told the Tagesspiegel. From the point of view of Russian President Vladimir Putin, there is no Ukrainian people, no language, no culture, and therefore no state. “Steinmeier seems to share the idea that the Ukrainians are actually not a subject,” said Melnyk.
Allegations also against other German politicians
Germany still has too many self-interests in relation to Russia, such as dependence on gas, oil and coal. Steinmeier’s actions as head of the chancellery and later as foreign minister are also to blame, Melnyk told the newspaper.
“Steinmeier has been creating a spider web of contacts with Russia for decades. A lot of people are involved in this who are now in charge of the traffic lights, »he said – and named the foreign policy advisor to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Jens Plötner, and the State Secretary in the Foreign Office, Andreas Michaelis. There were also many important ambassadors. “It all makes a difference,” said Melnyk.
Concert in Bellevue “a clear signal towards Moscow”
With a view to a Ukraine solidarity concert by the Federal President that he boycotted, at which Russian musicians were also supposed to perform, Melnyk said: “In my view, the concert was a clear signal to Moscow, maybe even to show Putin: I’m holding the fort here .» Steinmeier knows how sensitive the topic is. “Sensitivity is a foreign word for Steinmeier, at least in relation to Ukraine.”
When asked about the fact that Steinmeier, in his speech on re-election as Federal President, settled accounts with Putin like never before, Melnyk said he didn’t buy that. “He has no relation to us Ukrainians. Steinmeier doesn’t know what to do with us, although he himself was in Kyiv and even in Lviv.”
Source: Stern
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