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9/29/22

German Russian relations: Angela Merkel warns EU to take Putin's threats seriously

 Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel warned that taking Vladimir Putin's words seriously is "a sign of political wisdom" not weakness. 

Merkel, who left office two months before the Ukraine war began, was speaking about an answer she had given in June about Putin's character. 

"I replied that one should take his words seriously," said Merkel, while speaking at the inauguration of the Helmut Kohl Foundation.

"And today, in view of the developments of the last few days, I would like to add: taking words seriously, not dismissing them out of hand as just a bluff, but dealing with them seriously is by no means a sign of weakness or appeasement, but a sign of political wisdom."

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