The ex-Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder called the war in Ukraine the “mistake of the Russian government”, but emphasized that the settlement of both parties needs to be resolved. The former Chancellor said this in an interview with Stern and RTL/NTV.
“If you look at really urgent problems, they are solved. Firstly, Crimea: the idea that the President of Ukraine Zelensky takes Crimea by military means,” Schreder said, noting that “with the exception of the Tatar minority, this The region is Russian. “
“Who seriously believes that the Russian president can ever abandon the Crimea again?” He said.
According to the ex-Chancellor, the solution of the issue of Crimea takes time, “perhaps not 99 years old, as in Hong Kong, but in the next generation.”
“Secondly, the membership of Ukraine in NATO. Fortunately, who prevented this at the NATO summit in 2008? Angel Merkel and Frank Walter Steinmeier. It was a wise solution, and even Mr. Zelensky said that there was an alternative, for example, for example. The armed neutrality of Ukraine without NATO membership, like Austria, ”said Schroeder.
Settlement of the situation around the Donbass in his eyes looks more complicated.