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Biden will meet with Sholc in Washington – Abroad – News

The German magazine “Der Spiegel” reported on Friday that Scholz had rejected a last-minute invitation to meet with Baiden to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

“I can tell you that the news that the Chancellor has already rejected President Biden’s last-minute invitation is inaccurate,” a spokesman for Scholz told AFP.

“This material is completely untrue, it has been invented, and the president has already had a very good conversation with the chancellor, and he is looking forward to receiving him in Washington in February,” said U.S. State Secretary Anthony Blinken on his return from Europe.

Berlin’s visit to the White House has not yet been officially confirmed.

Germany is at the center of talks on the unprecedented sanctions the West plans to impose on Russia if it invades Ukraine.

One of the key elements in Washington’s planned sanctions plan is Germany’s refusal to operate the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which connects Russia and Germany and is vital to the Kremlin’s economic ambitions.

In his publication, Der Spiegel referred to a visit last week by William Burns, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, to the German chancellor’s office, during which, according to the source, Burns “urged Sholc to take a tougher stance against Russia.”

For several weeks now, tensions over the concentration of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders have been easing, raising concerns about preparations for another Russian invasion in Kiev and the West.

Russia denies allegations of an invasion of Ukraine by its troops. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow is taking a defensive stance because of fears that Kiev is getting too close to NATO.

At a video summit on Dec. 7, Biden warned Putin that the United States would impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia if it attacked Ukraine.

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