Berlin (dpa -AfX) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has the absence of the Russian president Vladimir Putin criticized in the Istanbul Ukraine talks. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj showed “an enormous accommodation” with his trip to Turkey, said Merz in the ZDF talk show “Maybrit Illner”. “Anyone who is wrong with their non -appearance is Putin.”
The Chancellor promised a new sanction package of the EU for the coming week: “This package is ready and will be decided in Brussels next Tuesday.” Merz assured that the sanctions would also come into force on Tuesday. “They are prepared that come into force and the next sanction package is in preparation.”/AX/MFI/DP/He