Saskia Esken, chief of the Social Democratic Celebration of Germany, has supported the continuation of phone talks between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin.

Supply: an announcement by Esken, quoted by n-tv

Particulars: Esken stated that the talks between Scholz and Putin "have to be held repeatedly to search out out what may be achieved to lastly put an finish to the killings and deaths".

Nonetheless, in the intervening time, Esken doesn’t imagine {that a} face-to-face assembly between Putin and Scholz is acceptable.

"So long as the relations stay as it’s, it is sufficient to speak on the telephone," Esken stated.

Background:

• On 15 November, it was revealed that Olaf Scholz had spoken with the Kremlin chief for the primary time in two years. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Scholz’s name with Putin as a "Pandora’s field".
• Jürgen Hardt, a member of the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) opposition bloc in Germany, believes that Putin will see Scholz's transfer as "an indication of weak point, not power".
• Nonetheless, Matthias Miersch, Secretary Common of the Social Democratic Celebration (SPD), defended the chancellor's determination.

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