BERLIN, 07 February 2022, (TON): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured that his country does not intend to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine. He stated this on the air of the Local TV channel before flying to the United States.

Scholz said “the German government has long had a clear course: we do not supply crisis regions and do not supply lethal weapons to Ukraine.”

“It was still followed by my predecessor [Angela Merkel], and it was and remains the right thing,” he stressed, pointing out that, according to polls, the majority of Germans share the authorities’ point of view on this issue.

Scholz added “my duty is to do what is in the interests of the German people, and what in this case is the point of view of the citizens of our country.”

The Chancellor avoided answering the question about the possibility of strengthening the German contingent in the Baltic countries. He recalled that next week [February 10] he is meeting in Berlin with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, as well as Estonian and Latvian Prime Ministers Kaja Kallas and Krisjanis Karins.

Scholz said “it’s very important to me that we stick together and coordinate our actions as friends and not through the media.”