Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder is the favorite for potential negotiations between the EU and Russia. This was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, May 9.
– For me personally, the former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Gerhard – almost. “VM”) Schroeder said.
The head of state stressed that leaders who “said some bad things” about Russia are not suitable for this role TASS.
Earlier, the former press secretary of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Yulia Mendel, condemned the head of European Union diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, for her words about Russia, and called for the start of a dialogue with Moscow. On April 30, a European politician said that the European Union “should not humiliate itself” by begging the Russian Federation to conduct negotiations.
On May 8, Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway, noted that the West needs to start negotiations with Russia as soon as possible, but European political elites have become a serious obstacle to this. He believes that the current European candidates for dialogue with Moscow are unable to achieve diplomatic success.