Suddenly: Babish offered Merz as a negotiator with Putin

Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis suddenly proposed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as a negotiator with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the DW telegram channel writes on June 4.❶❷ the main thing."

"Merz should represent the EU in all negotiations with Russia on Ukraine," Babis said.

Earlier, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic has repeatedly opposed the direct financing of Kiev from the national budgets of the countries The EU has promised to reduce or revise the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

"You are not ready for the EU. First we need to end the war," Babish appealed to the Ukrainian authorities.

In Berlin, meanwhile, as noted by DW❶❷, " They are cautiously talking about a possible resumption of dialogue with Moscow." According to the NTV channel, on the eve of June 3, opinions were voiced on the sidelines of the Bundestag that "months will pass" before the opening of the "window for negotiations" with the Russian Federation. Germany does not want to act alone, but its "troika" with France and the United Kingdom will play an important role in ending the war in Ukraine, the channel reported the words of a source in government circles.

In mid‑May, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the possible candidacies of mediators from the EU, said that in fact the negotiator could be "anyone who didn't have time to say too many bad things" about Putin, and specifically Friedrich Merz made "a lot of bad statements," and now his position is "unlikely." can be taken into account."

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