Scholz still against providing Taurus to Ukraine

21:09, 18.11.2024 1 min read

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday, upon arrival at the G20 summit, repeated his position that he is against the supply of Taurus air-launched cruise missiles to Ukraine, since Germany would also have to participate in their guidance, N-tv said.

"This is not something I can be responsible for and would like to," the chancellor said.

He also spoke out against lifting restrictions on the use of German weapons supplied to Ukraine. An exception was made in the defense of Kharkiv, the chancellor said. "But this does not change the basic principles that are important to me," he said.

In addition, Scholz considers the phone conversation between him and Vladimir Putin to be the right step.

"The Chancellor defended the telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to him, it would have been right to hold a conversation, even if one could then only tell partner countries that nothing has changed in Putin's view of the war," the television channel reports.