Germany condemns Medvedev's remarks about possible kidnapping of Mertz
Sebastian Hill, a deputy spokesperson for the German government, said that German authorities strongly condemned the remarks of Dmitry Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Security Council, regarding the possible kidnapping of German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz. Quoting the Daily Mirror, he stated: "We condemn such threats in the strongest possible terms."
Previously, Medvedev had stated that if Mertz were kidnapped like Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, he himself "would not sympathize."
The German chancellor, when responding to an assessment of the US action against Venezuela, avoided directly commenting by citing "the legal assessment of US actions is more complex."
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