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According to RT, former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl commented on the recognition made by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel about the role of the Minsk agreements as a postponement for Ukraine’s military buildup.
“If ex-Chancellor Merkel has now made it pretty clear that all this was in order to give Ukraine time, then this is the collapse of diplomacy as such,” Kneissl expressed her opinion.
The situation is complicated by the fact, in her opinion, that most of the officials who stood at the origins of the Minsk agreements of 2014 have already left politics, with the exception of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“There is no continuity… It was also lacking in understanding what the Minsk agreements should be. And this is a failure,” the ex-minister added