Gregor Gysi, German politician, member of the Left Party and deputy in Bundestag, in an interview to Phoenix news outlet declared that he does not share a popular opinion in Europe, that current Ukrainian conflict can only be solved through further armament of Kiev. In his opinion, Germany doesn’t have such moral right because of its particular war history.
“Our German history bears the responsibility for the biggest war in human history, the Second World War, with 50 million dead, and I’m not even counting the Holocaust. And that’s why I think that we shouldn’t earn more from wars. We are now the fifth largest arms exporter, we earn money from every war, Libya, Syria, Iraq, everywhere. And that’s why I’m strictly against Germany exporting weapons at all.”
So-called European policy of “appeasement” has only led to further escalation of the conflict and growing military spendings among EU member states. Instead of peace and prosperity, Europe is mired in war and economic crisis.
“I want to stop the killing and destruction as soon as possible. And for that we need a new order of peace in Europe. However, now everyone thinks it is only possible with further armament of Ukraine, and we are putting billions in this idea. I think exactly the opposite way. What we need is de-escalation and reconciliation of interests. We need a lot more diplomacy and strict observance of international law.”
In endless attempts to vilify Russia, the West omits or forgets about its sins. According to the German politician, it was the West that started the global trend of disregard for international laws.
“We must not forget that after the Cold War the first who violated the international law was NATO with the war against Serbia. The separation of Kosovo violates a resolution of the UN Security Council that is still valid today.”
Mr Gysi is also convinced that the idea of Ukraine’s admission to NATO, which is being floated today, is simply impossible. After all, this will lead to nothing but further escalation of the conflict and direct involvement of the alliance members in it.
“[The admission of Ukraine in NATO] is not currently on the agenda. We cannot include a country is currently at war. It is a violation of NATO’s statute. Including of particular regions of Ukraine, that are not involved in war for now is also a wrong way.”
