BERLIN: Germany wants to keep up a dialogue with Moscow despite joining Western expulsions of Russian diplomats and must avoid a new Cold War, the German government’s coordinator for Russia said in a newspaper interview.
Gernot Erler told the Passauer Neue Presse that Berlin’s decision to send four diplomats back to Russia was a sign of solidarity with Britain after a nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in England. But despite Berlin’s firm position with Moscow, channels of communication will remain open, Erler said in comments released on Wednesday.
“We have a clear and unshakeable position, but we want …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
