Ukraine will face a long task of federalization - ex-Chancellor of Germany
The Minsk agreements are not being fully implemented by either side, although progress is being observed on certain issues.
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said this in an interview with the German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, answering the question whether Putin is making life difficult for Europeans
"It's right. But the West also complicates life for Russia. George Bush Jr. In 2001, he announced the US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and thereby violated the international security architecture. The construction of a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, which is directed against Iran and Russia, was the next mistake. And then there is the American plan to include Georgia and Ukraine in NATO. The Russians feel surrounded and therefore reacted incorrectly in Ukraine,” the publication’s interlocutor believes.
At the same time, he refused to admit that it was “the Russians who still do not respect the truce.”
“Unfortunately, the Minsk agreements are not fully implemented by either party. Ukrainians also still have a lot of work to do on federalization. However, there is progress on certain issues. Therefore, I have always taken the following position: with gradual progress, sanctions should be gradually eased - for the other side this will be a signal that its efforts are not going unnoticed. And one should not insist that first all conditions must be fully met. This blocks the process to a greater extent than stimulates it,” Schroeder is convinced.
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