Several world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro seized the opportunity to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who returned to the global stage after skipping last year’s gathering in India. Before attending the group’s scheduled meetings at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Xi held bilateral talks with…
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s call with Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “strategic mistake” that weakened European unity in the face of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said on Monday. In an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union foreign…
By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – The new leader of Germany’s Greens pitched his party on Sunday as the only one that could save Germany from years of stagnation under a renewed grand coalition and offered the conservative frontrunners cooperation on reforming a totemic spending cap. Robert Habeck, economy minister in Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf…
North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow continues to deepen, according to people familiar with assessments made by some Group of 20 nations. The analysis is one of several on the evolving partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North…
In the telephone call on Friday, Scholz exhorted Putin to “end” his war on Ukraine and to “withdraw troops.” The conversation lasted for about an hour and was the first direct exchange between the two leaders in nearly two years, German media reported. “The Federal Chancellor urged Russia to be prepared to negotiate with Ukraine with the aim…
Scholz on Friday spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin for about an hour in what constituted the first direct exchange between the two leaders in nearly two years, according to German media reports. Asked in the Süddeutsche Zeitung interview if he’s afraid of a deal over Ukraine’s head between Trump and Putin, Scholz…
Vladimir Putin has said that NATO should accept “new territorial realities” ahead of any talks to end the war he started, during a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has sparked concern from Kyiv. In the first call between the leaders since December 2022, Putin repeated Kremlin rhetoric that the “current crisis” was…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to resume a dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin “soon” to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. “Yes, I have resolved to speak to the Russian president at the right time,” the German leader told a Sunday evening talk show on public broadcaster ARD. “But I am a responsible politician, I…
The European Union is planning for talks with Donald Trump’s transition team as it seeks to head off a major economic and political shock after his convincing victory in Tuesday’s US presidential election. High on their wish list will be keeping the tap open for US funds to flow to Ukraine and avoiding scything tariffs…
(Bloomberg) — Germany is trying to cultivate India as a source of trade and geopolitical support as its deteriorating relations with China cast a pall over the country’s economic future. Chancellor Olaf Scholz embarks on a three-day visit to India Thursday accompanied by a large delegation of ministers and executives as he seeks to forge…