Former German Prime Minister: I met Putin last week.

According to Reuters reported on August 3, on Wednesday, local time, former German Prime Minister Gehard Schroder said that Russia hopes to resolve Russia and Ukraine conflicts through negotiations. One way.

Former German Prime Minister Gehard Schroder. Picture source: Foreign media

Schroord said in an interview with the German "Star" Weekly (Stern) and RTL TV stations: "The good news is that the Kremlin wants to negotiate to solve it." He also revealed that he met with Putin last week with Putin.

He believes that the achievement of the grain export agreement is the first success, and this success may slowly expand to achieve ceasefire. Earlier, representatives of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations signed an agreement from Agricultural Products from the Black Sea Port on July 22.

Schroder said that solutions such as Crimea and other issues may be found over time, and he speculates that it may wait until the next generation to solve it. He also proposed that one of Ukraine's joining NATO's alternatives may be as neutral and armed like Austria.

The shells of the shells on Donedsk's road. Source: Visual China

However, Russia and Ukraine are fighting fiercely in the Donbass region, which makes the local future situation more complicated. Schroder said: "It is necessary to find a solution based on the Swiss federal model." He also said whether Russia would return to the "contact line" before the fire during the ceasefire.

Reuters pointed out that Schroder served as the German Prime Minister from 1998 to 2005. During his tenure and after steps, he actively promoted the "Beixi-1" and "Beixi-2" pipeline projects. To Europe. After the Russian -Ukraine conflict broke out in Germany, Schroder was forced to resign from the post of chairman of the Russian Petroleum Corporation (Rosneft) in May this year, and abandoned the supervisor of the Russian Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. (Gazprom). However, Schroder is still the chairman of the "Beixi-2" Natural Gas Venture Pipeline Engineering Committee.

Schroder is 78 years old. After his post -office prime minister, Schroder is still active in business and cultural circles.

Schroder said he met with Putin last week. Picture source: Foreign media

According to today's Russian Television (RT) reported on July 26, Schroder arrived in Moscow, Russia on the same day to communicate with Russia on energy policy issues. Earlier that day, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that Russian President Putin did not have a plan to meet with Schroder for the time being, but it did not rule out the possibility of contact between the two sides.

(Edit: LC)

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