German Chancellor Scholz says top priority is avoiding NATO confrontation with Russia

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BERLIN: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) must avoid a direct military confrontation with Russia that could lead to a third World War, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with Der Spiegel when asked about Germany\u0027s failure to deliver heavy weapons to Ukraine. Scholz is facing gro

However, Scholz could soon be forced to take a clear position on whether heavy weapons can be sent directly from Germany to Ukraine. The Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported that defence contractor Rheinmetall had applied for a licence to sell 100 Marder armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine.

Germany has in the past allowed other countries, including the Netherlands, to send heavy weapons it made to Ukraine. "I absolutely do not see how a gas embargo would end the war. If Putin were open to economic arguments, he would never have begun this crazy war," Scholz said.

 

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