As Bloomberg reported on Monday, in an interview with the agency, Duda interpreted Scholz's recent telephone conversation with Putin as an attempt to exclude Donald Trump from talks about the future Ukrainy“ and revitalizing relations German z Kremlin.
– I think it was an attempt to bring about a ceasefire in Ukraine before Donald Trump took office, Duda said.
Duda and Trump talk. The president revealed the details
The president also stated that he warned the US president-elect in a telephone conversation on November 11 that Germany and other allies they are trying to “tie his hands”. He also stated that “Germany's greatest fear is that Donald Trump will force them to buy gas from America.”
Duda also dismissed as “ridiculous” suggestions that Trump would abandon Ukraine, pointing, for example, to the military aid Ukraine received during the Republican's first term.
When asked about his November 11 conversation with Trump, the president said the president-elect had not outlined his plan for the end. war in Ukrainebut asked him about his views and the positions of other leaders.
– I am convinced that when it comes to the war in Ukraine, collects data and information – said Duda. “We are currently constantly, continually collecting this information in a very vigilant way,” he added.
Echoes of the Scholz-Putin conversation. Critical comments
Duda also criticized Scholz's decision to invite him US President Joe Biden for talks about the future of Ukraine with the leaders France i Great Britain last month in Berlin. The Polish leader said he was “shocked” that President Volodymyr Zelensky was not invited to the table.
According to Bloomberg, Duda's comments are “a sign of how Kyiv's allies are jockeying for position before the serious shock that Trump's return will mean” White House.
Let us remind you that on Friday the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he talked to the Russian dictator for the first time in almost two years Vladimir Putin. During the conversation Scholz was to insist that Russia agreed to talks with Ukraine in order to negotiate a “lasting, just peace”.
Donald Tusk about the Scholz-Putin conversation. “Diplomacy will not replace support”
Scholz also condemned Russian aggression, which “is bringing death, suffering and destruction to Ukraine”, and airstrikes on civilian infrastructure. The Prime Minister of the Polish government was informed about the conversation Donald Tusk. “I received the information with satisfaction“that the Chancellor not only unequivocally condemned Russian aggression, but also repeated the Polish position: nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” he said.
However, in a later entry, Tusk stipulated that “Telephone diplomacy will not replace real support the entire West for Ukraine.” “Last night's attack, one of the largest in this war, proved that telephone diplomacy will not replace real support of the entire West for Ukraine,” he emphasized on Sunday on the X platform.
As the Polish Prime Minister added, “the next weeks will be decisivenot only for the war, but also for our future.”