The US and Germany could be at conflict with Russia, however that’s information to Croatia, stated Zoran Milanovic
Commenting on the German overseas minister’s declaration that Europe is “preventing a conflict towards Russia,” Croatian President Zoran Milanovic stated on Thursday that this was information to him, and wished Berlin higher luck than in WWII.
Croatia “ought to by no means assist” Ukraine militarily, Milanovic stated whereas visiting the port metropolis of Break up. “Would you like us to enter the conflict?”
Framing the Ukraine battle as one between Washington and Moscow, he reminded reporters that he was criticized for merely echoing the phrases of Kiev’s protection minister, concerning the present battle being a “proxy conflict” between NATO and Russia.
“Now the German overseas minister says we should be united, as a result of I quote, we’re at conflict with Russia. I didn’t know that,” Milanovic stated. “Possibly Germany is at conflict with Russia, however then, good luck, perhaps this time it seems higher than 70-odd years in the past.”
The Croatian president was baffled to listen to such a declare from the chief of the German Greens, which he stated was once a pacifist get together equally towards the US and the USSR, and never from Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“If we’re at conflict with Russia, then let’s see what we have to do. However we gained’t ask Germany for its opinion,” Milanovic added. “Allow them to work out who’s the precise chancellor over there. I’ve been in politics for a very long time, and our nation has been by means of rather a lot, however I’ve by no means seen this sort of insanity earlier than.”
Relating to tanks, “Russian or American, they burn simply the identical,” Milanovic stated, noting that deliveries of armor to Ukraine – introduced by the US and Germany this week – will solely delay the preventing,
“These tanks might burn, or they could attain Crimea, however Croatia could have nothing to do with it,” he insisted. The social-democrat president has steadily clashed with the nationalist parliamentary majority over Croatia’s Ukraine coverage. Simply final month, Milanovic opposed Zagreb’s participation within the EU program to coach Ukrainian troops, saying it clashed with Croatia’s structure.
Until the US and Russia are holding some sort of talks, the world is “slowly sliding into World Warfare Three,” Milanovic added. “Some folks suppose it has already begun, however I’ve my reservations.”
