Candidate for Chancellor of Germany: Russian Crimea is a “fait accompli” and it must be taken away not by force, but by negotiations
Crimea’s belonging to Russia is a fait accompli that Moscow will not give up.
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This opinion was expressed on Friday by the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and its candidate for German chancellor Martin Schulz in an interview with the Bild newspaper.
“It seems to me that the situation is such that the Russians have made this a fait accompli, which they will insist on,” he said. At the same time, the German politician, who is running for the post of chancellor in the upcoming elections to the Bundestag, said that he considers the annexation of Crimea to Russia “a serious violation of international law.”
Shultz found it difficult to answer the question of how long-term Crimea’s presence within the Russian Federation will be. At the same time, he noted that it would be unlikely to forcibly take the peninsula away from Russia. “From my point of view, this could only be possible through negotiations,” the politician believes.
According to the leader of the German Social Democrats, Germany “must speak openly” in its dialogue with the Russian Federation. “On the one hand, we must make proposals, but they only make sense if Russia is ready to accept them,” he said. On the other hand, he warns, “in no case is there a need for an arms race, as [US President Donald] Trump wants and, perhaps, Putin wants.”
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