German chancellor reiterated the importance of respecting a country’s borders to maintain peace
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned that all countries deserve to honor the holiness of the borders, regardless Panama.
“The precept of borders inviolability applies to all countries, in the east or west of the United States,” Scholz said Wednesday after talking with several European leaders and the president of the European councilor.
“Each state will have to condemn it, be it a small country or a very hard state. This is a precept of the touchdown of foreign law and a key detail of what we call Western values, “he added.
Scholz did not mention Trump by name but said that he and other leaders discussed “a certain level of incomprehension” that came from the statements made by the U.S.
The comments of the German Chancellor arrived here less than a century after his country invaded the maximum in Europe and began World War II. While the country is guilty of inciting World War II and Holocaust, new generations look with deep guilt.
Scholz has already said that the defense of freedom and those attacked are Germany’s duty to save such atrocities when performing.
Trump, who in the past mocked Greenland, reiterated his comments this week, this time suggesting that the United States would not oppose the use of the force of the army to resume Greenland or the Panama Canal.
Greenland is a self-governing island country and a territory in Denmark. The Danish prime minister and prime minister of Greenland, Greenland, said not for sale.
However, Trump, bringing up national safety issues, said that he idea he would take of Greenland would get advantages everyone.
Scholz told Newshouings on Wednesday that borders “should not be transferred through force” and highlighted the importance of joining as a best friend, in specific United States, to the law of Ukraine at its borders.
“We are doing this to the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine, but also to the precept of the inviolability of borders. This precept is found and is the basis of our peace order,” Scholz said.
The comment also appeared to be an oblique way to communicate with Trump, who has been sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized Ukrainian aid.
During his first term, Trump took the flight in NATO’s United States, a key alliance formed after World War II in which members agreed to protect among other attacks on attacks through other countries.
Trump is very critical of NATO. During his press conference on Wednesday, the president-elect called on alliance members to spend up to five percent of their GDP on defense, as opposed to 2 percent.
In recent weeks, Trump has accelerated his attacks against the allies. He threatened to impose costs in Canada, Mexico and the European Union. He laughed at Canada as “State 51” and blamed Mexico for fentanyl overdose in the United States
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