Question: Immediately after the outbreak of the war, you accused Moscow of lying. The EU is our life assurance policy – that’s the positive thing to have come out of this year.
Not only for many countries of the former Soviet Union rather, many people in Germany, too, now realise that peace in Europe did not fall from the sky. And at the same time, institutions from this European age of peace, such as the EU, and particularly the OSCE, are now more important than ever. The Russian President has attacked this European peace order as well. But what is brutal about the situation since 24 February is that Putin has broken with all the principles that earlier generations in Europe, and in Russia, had worked so hard to establish over the past fifty years to enable themselves to live together in peace despite all the differences.
Question: Will there ever be a way back to the world we knew before?įoreign Minister Baerbock: There is never a way back to the past.
If Ukraine stops fighting, it will cease to exist. If Russia stops the bombing and withdraws its soldiers, we will have peace. The Russian President started this brutal war of aggression. The fact is that it is entirely up to the Russian President whether the people of Ukraine can once again live in peace and freedom. Unfortunately, however, despite all the international efforts, it does not at present look as though Putin is planning to stop his brutal destruction in 2023. Question: Ms Baerbock, a new year brings new hope: do you see any chance of peace in Ukraine in 2023?įoreign Minister Baerbock: One should never give up hope, and there is nothing any of us wants more than peace again in Ukraine at last.
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