Germany is ready for a "
serious dialogue
" on security with Russia.
The message was repeated twice on Tuesday within the Scholz government, first by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, visiting Moscow, then by the Chancellor, who received the Secretary General of NATO in Berlin. , Jens Stoltenberg.
Shaken by the Ukrainian crisis, the new coalition in power is trying to adjust its strategy vis-à-vis Moscow and its Western partners, who expect a line of conduct from the leader of the EU.
After a stopover in Kyiv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the German capital on Thursday for consultations with his German, British and French counterparts, before meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in Geneva.
Diplomatic realism
Placed willy-nilly in the position of mediator, the German government is working to lower the tension with Moscow, while choosing its words.
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