Olaf Scholz plans steps on the international stage
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Berlin will still try to bring India into a broad international alliance to isolate Russia.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is trying to change the position of several states that still remain “neutral” in relation to Russia after its attack on Ukraine, agency sources said. Bloomberg.
According to the agency, Chancellor Scholz will use his powers as G7 presiding officer. He plans to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a special guest to the group’s summit to be held in the Bavarian Alps from 26 to 28 June.
The possibility had been considered before, but Scholz was slow to invite, given the Indian premier’s reluctance to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise in Russian fossil fuel supplies such as oil to India. These actions of the Indian government have not changed, but Berlin will still try to bring Modi into a broad international alliance to isolate Russia.
In the medium term, Germany also wants European defense companies to offer India an alternative to Russian arms supplies.
Germany will also invite the leaders of Indonesia, South Africa and Senegal to the G7 summit.
Recall that Germany decided provide Ukraine with heavy weapons.
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