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Skybird · 01-22-23, 07:16 AM

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Internationally, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) continued hesitation over the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine is being harshly criticised. Scholz's decision is now also said to be putting an unusually heavy strain on relations with the USA. As reported by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the US Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, is said to have got into a heated exchange of words with the Chancellor's Office Minister, Wolfgang Schmidt, on the fringes of the Ramstein Conference. The encounter was "tense", according to an internal report from American government circles.

Austin was already on his way to Germany when the news reached him that Scholz was publicly making his deliveries to Ukraine dependent on the USA. According to media reports, Scholz said in a telephone conversation with US President Biden that he would only deliver Leopard 2 tanks if the USA in turn sent Abrams battle tanks. According to the "SZ", US Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is said to have called Scholz's foreign policy advisor, Jens Plötner, and protested vehemently and shouting. The US government has been rejecting such a connection between the deliveries since October, as the relocation and operation of the Abrams tanks would take too long.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,739 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	FOCUS: -------------------------- Internationally, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) continued hesitation over the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine is being harshly criticised. Scholz's decision is now also said to be putting an unusually heavy strain on relations with the USA. As reported by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", the US Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, is said to have got into a heated exchange of words with the Chancellor's Office Minister, Wolfgang Schmidt, on the fringes of the Ramstein Conference. The encounter was "tense", according to an internal report from American government circles. Austin was already on his way to Germany when the news reached him that Scholz was publicly making his deliveries to Ukraine dependent on the USA. According to media reports, Scholz said in a telephone conversation with US President Biden that he would only deliver Leopard 2 tanks if the USA in turn sent Abrams battle tanks. According to the "SZ", US Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is said to have called Scholz's foreign policy advisor, Jens Plötner, and protested vehemently and shouting. The US government has been rejecting such a connection between the deliveries since October, as the relocation and operation of the Abrams tanks would take too long. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.