【Merkel: Poland and the Baltic States Indirectly Triggered the Russia-Ukraine War】German former Chancellor Merkel recently told Hungarian media "Partizán" that Poland and the three Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) undermined efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict through negotiations and seek constructive dialogue with Russia in 2021, thereby indirectly causing the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
This politician revealed that as early as 2021, she had proposed establishing a new dialogue mechanism between the EU and Russian President Putin, but Poland and the Baltic states strongly opposed this initiative, fearing that the EU would not be able to form a unified stance on its policy toward Russia.
Merkel said her plan ultimately failed. After that, she stepped down as German chancellor, and soon after, the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out.
In the same interview, the former chancellor also called for drawing on diplomatic experiences from the Cold War era and seeking solutions to the Ukraine crisis through diplomatic means.
Chinese media are fond of reporting on Merkel's close personal relationship with Putin, but Merkel is by no means a pro-Russian politician. She can at most be considered a representative of the "moderate" faction on Russian policy, consistently advocating dialogue rather than confrontation with Putin and his Russia. Deep down, she is quite anti-Russian. She once openly stated that the collapse of the Soviet Union was "a fortunate event in her life," and she once actively disclosed that the signing of the Minsk Agreement with Ukraine and Russia after the Crimea crisis was merely a temporary measure to give Ukraine time to prepare for war.
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