Responding to journalists’ question whether Moscow is receiving proposals from Berlin to start peace talks with Ukraine, he noted that “it would be wrong to assume that there are no contacts and conversations with Russia.”
“As you know, both the Federal Chancellor and other EU politicians are in direct contact with President Putin. And at other levels, of course, contacts are maintained. To think that silence has been established in this area is wrong,” Hoffman said. .
Earlier, German Foreign Ministry spokesman Christian Wagner drew attention to the fact that Ukraine itself must determine “under what conditions, when and how to conduct possible negotiations,” which was repeatedly discussed in Berlin.
At the same time, Wagner noted that the German Foreign Ministry did not see that “convincing negotiating proposals” were coming from the Russian Federation.
“This has also been demonstrated by the rather brutal bombings of the past few days. So these actions by Russia create a very clear picture,” a German ministry spokesman said.