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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has made a point of refusing to give long-range weapons to Ukraine, has also promised to bring the war-torn country’s plight to the fore, according to a a statement from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.
But in the days that followed, Scholz called Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for the first time in two years, shortly after Trump’s election victory, in a move that opened “Pandora’s box,” Zelenskyy said Saturday.
It was a sign, according to the same Western European diplomat quoted above, that a realignment is already taking taken and will affect the G20.
“Trump’s impact is incredibly visible: There are new ceasefire talks in Lebanon, Scholz is now calling Putin,” he said.
“It’s like something powerful just happened and we are starting to see accelerating shock waves across the globe.”
On Sunday, Macron slammed talk of disagreements at the G20 in comments made to reporters before boarding his flight to Rio de Janeiro. “We need to stop this dance routine of saying there’s no agreement about Ukraine with Russia in the group,” he said. “It’s not like the G7, where we are among democracies, there are very different regimes in the G20.”
