German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation on Friday. During the conversation, Scholz expressed extreme concern about the situation in Ukraine. This was announced to journalists the official representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Germany Steffen Hebhestrate, reports TASS.
“during a conversation, which lasted about an hour, they exchanged different points of view on what was happening in Ukraine. Chancellor expressed extreme concern,” said the representative of the German Cabinet.
“he called on Russian leadership to immediately stop all the fighting and ensure the access of humanitarian aid to the areas of battles,” Hebhestrate said.
“President Putin informed the Chancellor that Russia and Ukraine are planning to spend the third round of negotiations at the end of this week. Putin and Scholz agreed to spend new negotiations soon,” added Hebhestrate.