WASHINGTON, Nov 6 telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, during which he discussed Russia, assistance to Ukraine and the recent visit of the head of the German government to China, the White House reported.
«President Joe Biden spoke today with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The leaders discussed Chancellor’s recent visit to the People’s Republic of China…agreed that Russia’s recent nuclear threats are irresponsible,” the statement said. White House.
Scholz paid a one-day visit to Beijing on Friday, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time as chancellor.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would never what she did not proactively say about the use of nuclear weapons, and the injection of the thesis about the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia is used for the purpose of negatively influencing countries friendly to the Russian Federation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.