Ukraine war: Baerbock announces new security policy – “Cannot be neutral”
Created: 03/18/2022, 16:35
By: Caroline Schäfer
Annalena Baerbock announces a new security strategy in view of the Ukraine war.
The Foreign Minister advocates nuclear deterrence.
Berlin – Putin's war in Ukraine * continues to rage, and an end does not seem to be in sight.
In Kyiv, too, the situation remains critical.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported renewed attacks in the capital.
In view of the Russian invasion, the traffic light government is now planning a new security concept for Germany.
Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock* (Greens*) emphasized Germany's readiness for greater international commitment to peace and security.
In this respect, Germany cannot play a neutral role.
"No country, not even Germany, can be neutral on questions of war and peace, on questions of law and injustice," said the Green politician on Friday (March 18, 2022) in her speech at the start of the development of a new national security strategy Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Because of the Ukraine war: New security policy planned – reinforcement of NATO's eastern flank
Germany's guilt for war and genocide obliges the Federal Republic to "stand by those whose lives, freedom and rights are threatened," Baerbock said.
According to Baerbock, with a view to the Ukraine war* of Russian President Vladimir Putin*, “a longing” can be felt “that we probably haven’t felt for a long time – and perhaps my generation has never really felt it: a longing for security”.
The Ukraine conflict* shows that security in particular "depends on NATO's ability to form alliances," explained Annalena Baerbock in her speech.
In addition to strengthening NATO's eastern flank and the associated military exercises, NATO's nuclear deterrence* must also remain credible.
According to Baerbock, the goal remains a world free of nuclear weapons.
In addition, the former leader of the Greens called for more effectiveness in the European defense industry.
Ukraine conflict | |
|---|---|
from February 20, 2014 | annexation of Crimea |
from April 13, 2014 | War in the Donbas |
from February 24, 2022 | Russia's invasion of Ukraine |
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The federal government will also develop a security policy realignment with a view to China.
"We have to face our economic dependencies intensively," said the 41-year-old.
Baerbock also emphasized that the Federal Republic must become more independent of fossil energy imports, but at the same time "should not slide into a new dependency on other countries," Baerbock continued.
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Annalena Baerbock (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Foreign Minister, leaves the podium after giving a speech on the national security strategy at the Foreign Ministry.
© Annegret Hilse/dpa
As a central component of modern warfare, the threat of cyber attacks also poses a major challenge. "What used to be an attack on a gas pipeline, with a bomb or a rocket, is now a hack on hospitals," warned the Foreign Minister.
The Frankfurter Rundschau was also the target of a cyber attack *, which is believed to have come from Russia.
The social networks in particular were flooded with clear comments.
The development of a new security policy in Germany is part of the traffic light coalition agreement.
This is now to be developed across departments in the Federal Foreign Office.
(kas/dpa) *
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