SPD Leader calls on Scholz to maintain talks with Putin
Photo: Saskia Esken, the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (Getty Images)
Saskia Esken, the leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), stated that Chancellor Olaf Scholz should allegedly continue communicating with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, according to n-tv.
Esken believes that negotiations could allegedly help understand what can be done to end the full-scale war in Ukraine.
"These negotiations must happen again and again to find out what can be done to finally put an end to the killings and deaths," she said.
At the same time, the SPD leader added that there is no need for Scholz to meet Putin in person.
"As long as relations remain as they are, it is certainly sufficient to talk by phone," Esken noted.
Scholz-Putin negotiations
In November 2024, Scholz held a phone conversation with Putin. It was the first such discussion in two years. Later, the chancellor stated that the dictator has not changed his views on the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reacted to the Scholz-Putin talks, stating that dialogue with the Kremlin’s leader will not help achieve a just end to the full-scale war.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in turn, remarked that Scholz’s call to Putin is a Pandora’s box.
