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The meeting took place within the framework of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. Germany and the EU have previously advocated a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, but their influence on the negotiation process, according to Russian officials, is limited. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing a drop in his rating amid internal and external challenges.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN headquarters on September 26.
Mikhail Ulyanov said that at the meeting, Wadeful repeated traditional Western narratives and did not have the authority to say anything new, thereby proving that Germany and the EU do not play a role in the negotiations on Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova said that Wadeful requested negotiations with Lavrov to show diplomatic activity and improve the falling rating of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
MOSCOW, September 29 - RIA Novosti. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadefuhl proved during negotiations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Germany and the EU do not play any role in negotiations on the conflict in Ukraine, said Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna.
On Saturday, at the UN, at the initiative of the German side, a meeting between Wadeful and Lavrov took place. The Russian minister said that he expected something interesting from the meeting with his German colleague, but did not hear anything new from him.
"The German Foreign Minister asked for a meeting with Sergei Lavrov in New York. For what? To repeat traditional Western narratives. He did not have the authority to say anything new. By doing so, he simply proved that Germany and the EU do not play any role in the negotiations on Ukraine," Ulyanov wrote on the social network.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, previously told RIA Novosti that Vadeful requested negotiations with Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in order to show diplomatic activity and correct the falling rating of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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Germany and the EU will seek to strengthen their presence in the negotiation process on Ukraine through new diplomatic initiatives
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