{"id":4407,"date":"2023-03-02T13:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","slug":"scholz-calls-on-china-to-end-arms-supply-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/scholz-calls-on-china-to-end-arms-supply-to-russia\/2023\/03\/02\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholz Calls on China to End Arms Supply to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

BERLIN<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> –<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Olaf<\/span> Scholz<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> called<\/span> on<\/span> China<\/span> to<\/span> refrain<\/span> from<\/span> supplying<\/span> Russia<\/span> with<\/span> arms<\/span> and<\/span> instead<\/span> use<\/span> its<\/span> leverage<\/span> to<\/span> persuade<\/span> Moscow<\/span> to<\/span> withdraw<\/span> Russian<\/span> troops<\/span> from<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“My<\/span> message<\/span> to<\/span> Beijing<\/span> is<\/span> clear.<\/span>Do<\/span> not<\/span> use<\/span> your<\/span> influence<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow<\/span> to<\/span> encourage<\/span> the<\/span> withdrawal<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> troops<\/span> and<\/span> supply<\/span> weapons<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> aggressor<\/span> Russia,”<\/span> Scholz<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> speech<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> German<\/span> Bundestag.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Chancellor<\/span> also<\/span> pledged<\/span> that<\/span> Germany<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> provide<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> and<\/span> military<\/span> assistance<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> protect<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> from<\/span> Russian<\/span> aggression.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Addressing<\/span> those<\/span> calling<\/span> for<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> to<\/span> negotiate<\/span> a<\/span> ceasefire<\/span> with<\/span> Russia<\/span> to<\/span> end<\/span> the<\/span> war,<\/span> he<\/span> said,<\/span> “Peace-loving<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> mean<\/span> submission<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> larger<\/span> neighbor.<\/span> If<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> ceases<\/span> to<\/span> defend<\/span> itself.”<\/span> ,<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> not<\/span> peace.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Our<\/span> European<\/span> peace<\/span> order<\/span> is<\/span> legitimate,”<\/span> Scholz<\/span> added.<\/span> \u201cOur<\/span> \u2018never<\/span> again\u2019<\/span> means<\/span> that<\/span> aggressive<\/span> war<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> political<\/span> tool<\/span> will<\/span> never<\/span> happen<\/span> again.<\/span> I<\/span> mean.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“There<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> bargaining<\/span> with<\/span> guns<\/span> at<\/span> your<\/span> temple<\/span> except<\/span> for<\/span> your<\/span> own<\/span> submission,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Scholz<\/span> also<\/span> said<\/span> Germany<\/span> is<\/span> working<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> her<\/span> NATO<\/span> defense<\/span> spending<\/span> targets.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“This<\/span> pledge<\/span> I<\/span> made<\/span> here<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 27<\/span> last<\/span> year<\/span> stands,”<\/span> Scholz<\/span> said,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> would<\/span> increase<\/span> the<\/span> overall<\/span> defense<\/span> budget<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> this<\/span> goal.<\/span> Scholz’s<\/span> “Turning<\/span> Point”<\/span> speech,<\/span> three<\/span> days<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> start<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> full-scale<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Russia<\/span> on<\/span> February<\/span> 24,<\/span> 2022,<\/span> triggered<\/span> a<\/span> significant<\/span> increase<\/span> in<\/span> arms<\/span> shipments<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> German<\/span> military<\/span> spending.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Since<\/span> that<\/span> speech,<\/span> Germany<\/span> has<\/span> become<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> main<\/span> arms<\/span> suppliers.<\/span> Lawmakers,<\/span> including<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> opposition<\/span> bloc,<\/span> strongly<\/span> supported<\/span> his<\/span> \u20ac100bn<\/span> funding<\/span> for<\/span> military<\/span> procurement<\/span> announced<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> prime<\/span> minister<\/span> in<\/span> June.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BERLIN (AFP) – Prime Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday called on China to refrain from supplying Russia with arms and instead use its leverage to persuade Moscow to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine. “My message to Beijing is clear.Do not use your influence in Moscow to encourage the withdrawal of Russian troops and supply weapons […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,280,2425,2480,2482],"tags":[1227,1388,1389,1390,1391,1392,1393,1394,152,154,1224],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SS.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4411,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4407\/revisions\/4411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}