- Markus Söder rejects the deployment of Bundewehr in Ukraine.
- It emphasizes that the army is personnel and financially limited.
- Security guarantees can be resolved by peace agreement.
Chairman of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Söder He rejected considerations on the deployment of the German army in Ukraine under security guarantees for this country. On this issue, his attitude differs from Friedrich Merz, who currently does not want to exclude anything. DPA, TASR writes on Saturday.
“It is hardly conceivable for me that there will be NATO troops placed there. Russia would in no way be accepted. Because it would be a prevalence of Ukraine’s entry into NATO,” Söder told Rheinische Post. “Besides, Bundeswehr is not ready for it,” added Bavarian Prime Minister.
According to him, the German army is financially and personnel on the border of its possibilities. At the federal level, Söder’s CSU is part of the government coalition together with Merza’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Merz said this week that specific plans for a military mission in Ukraine “at least in Germany do not exist”. According to him, long -term security guarantees can only be decided after a ceasefire or peace agreement is reached. However, even in such prerequisites, he would have “considerable reservations” to deploy German soldiers. It would have to agree to the German parliament and it would also depend on what the agreement with Russia will be.
DPA recalls that there are no plans for direct participation in NATO in a mission to ensure compliance with the peace agreement. The support of the initiative promised the so -called. A coalition of 30 countries in which Japan and Australia also include in addition to European countries.
SPD spokesman for foreign policy ADIS AHMETOVIC In response to the statements of the Bavarian Prime Minister, he said he agreed with him. “We should not take the third step before the first,” He added that the deployment of German ground troops cannot be seriously considered until Russia is ready to terminate the war, there will be no ceasefire and there will be no clear security guarantees by the US.
