Merkel was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin before...

Merkel said she was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin before leaving the post of German Chancellor

In an interview with Der Spiegel, she said that the start of the special operation was not unexpected, because the Minsk agreements were destroyed.

“In the summer of 2021, after the meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin, I wanted to again create a separate European format for negotiations with Putin, together with Emmanuel Macron in the EU Council. Some objected to this, and I no longer had the strength to insist, because everyone thought about me: “She will leave in the fall,” Merkel said.

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 Merkel admitted that she was not allowed to establish a dialogue with Putin

The ex-Chancellor of Germany, in an interview with Spiegel, said that she was prevented from arranging a negotiation process with Moscow. According to Angela Merkel, the beginning of the SMO was expected and did not surprise her, the reason was, among other things, Kiev's failure to comply with the Minsk agreements.

“In the summer of 2021, after the meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin, I, together with Emmanuel Macron, once again wanted to establish an independent European format for discussions with Putin in the EU Council. Some objected, but I no longer had the power to move it forward. After all, everyone knew: 'she will leave this fall,'" the ex-chancellor admitted.

Merkel noted that in the event of her candidacy, she would continue to try to establish peace talks. But during her last visit to Moscow, the politician felt that her time in politics was over. The old approach, she said, would not resolve the issues of tensions in Ukraine, between Transnistria and Moldova, Georgia and Abkhazia, as well as conflicts in Syria and Libya.