Olaf Scholz. Photo: Kay Nietfeld / AFP / Profimedia
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz again appealed on Saturday to “all countries, both from the East and from the West”, to respect international borders, insisting that “no country is the backyard of the other”, reports News.ro citing France Presse.
“The principle of the inviolability of borders applies to all countries, whether they are in the East or in the West (…), whether it is a small country or a very large country and very powerful,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. in front of his social-democratic party (SPD) in Berlin, a few days before the inauguration of Donald Trump in the White House.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned the Republican billionaire this week after his threatening statements about Greenland, Panama and Canada. The reference to Donald Trump’s expansionist goals was clear on Saturday, although he did not mention the future American president by name.
In addition, Olaf Scholz denounced “Russia’s merciless war of aggression” against Ukraine.
“The inviolability of borders is a central principle of international law. No country is another’s backyard. No small country should fear its big neighbors. This is the heart of what we call Western values,” said the German leader, who was speaking at an SPD congress in Berlin ahead of early parliamentary elections on February 23.
