German minister admits foreign policy mistakes "contributed to the outbreak of war in Ukraine"

Marco Buschmann, the German Minister of Justice, has admitted on Twitter that German foreign policy mistakes "contributed to the outbreak of war in Ukraine."

German Minister of Justice - Marco Buschmann.

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Marco Buschmann has admitted on Twitter that persisting with the Nord Stream II pipeline - a 1234 km pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea - in the face of Russia's invasion of Crimea was a mistake which "contributed to the outbreak of war in Ukraine."

Wir stehen fest an der Seite der 🇺🇦. Aber wir müssen auch deutlich sagen: Das Festhalten an #Nordstream2 war als Antwort auf die Annexion der Krim aus heutiger Sicht der deutsche Beitrag zum Ausbruch des Krieges, so Bundesjustizminister @MarcoBuschmann bei #G7Justice. pic.twitter.com/LfiBTDouxT

— Bundesministerium der Justiz (@bmj_bund) November 29, 2022

Andrij Melnyk, former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany and currently Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, thanked Buschmann on Twitter for his "important words". However, he continued that this declaration means little unless Germany goes on to provide Ukraine "with all the arms in the world. For a start."

Source: PAP

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