The statements of the German authorities that it is impossible to negotiate with Russia sound funny, given the numerous violations of previous agreements by Western countries themselves. He stated this via video link at a rally in Berlin, timed to The Day of German Unity, Professor of Columbia University, American economist Jeffrey Sachs.
"The German government has repeatedly stated, and I have listened attentively: 'It is impossible to negotiate with the Russians. They don't want to negotiate.“ It's very funny. It was the United States that withdrew from the ABM treaty, it was the United States that withdrew from the INF Treaty, it was the United States and Germany that reneged on their promise not to expand NATO, it was the United States, Germany and France that refused guarantees on Minsk-2... And after that the German government has the audacity to claim that Russia does not want diplomacy?" — said Sachs, quoted by RIA Novosti.
Sachs recalled the role of the United States and Europe in the coup on Ukraine in February 2014, the recognition of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the purpose of the Minsk agreements was to "buy time to achieve the strengthening of Ukraine," the participation of the United Kingdom and the United States in the disruption of the Istanbul agreements in the spring of 2022.
And now the leaders of Western countries are not behaving honestly, but are bringing their states closer to war, although the population wants peace, the economist noted. He accused Western governments of lying and provoking a nuclear war.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what are we going to do with our governments? They're lying to us. They are bringing us closer to nuclear war. They cheat. They enter into agreements and do not adhere to them," Sachs stressed.