‘Biggest threat today is… Russia’s war of aggression’: German Chancellor Scholz interacts with BITS Pilani students

In effect to a question by a pupil connected escalating tensions and conflicts, Scholz said, “The biggest menace that is contiguous happening to planetary information and bid is the warfare of aggression that Russia started against Ukraine and this is due to the fact that of 1 azygous facet of this attack. It is astir changing borders. And the statement we had successful the United Nations and successful galore different determination agreements connected bid and security, for instance, besides for Europe, is that never… the borders should beryllium changed by warfare and unit again.”

“And this is the ground for bid if you are a tiny country. This is besides existent if you look astatine the past of borders,” helium said.

Scholz recalled a code made by an Ambassador from Kenya astatine a UN Security Council meeting. “The Ambassador said conscionable look astatine however the borders of Africa were drawn by officials of the assemblage powers. And if we each effort to find the close borderline and spell to war, we volition person a 100 years of warfare successful Africa. This should not happen.”

On the struggle successful West Asia, Scholz reiterated the request for a ceasefire, portion underscoring “Israel’s close to support itself” against violent attacks by Hamas.

Emphasising the value of a rule-based planetary order, Scholz said, “It should not beryllium the regularisation of the astir powerful, it should beryllium the regularisation that we make together. which is the lawsuit with the United Nations’ tribunal of the Law of Sea. This is thing that we are moving connected unneurotic and erstwhile I discussed these questions with PM Modi, we agreed that it is an important aspect.”

“It is important that we recognize that what tin enactment for each of america successful the satellite is that we instrumentality to planetary rules, particularly erstwhile it comes to seafaring, the planetary regularisation of the Law of the Sea,” helium said.

The Chancellor emphasised the value of exchanging accusation and experiences betwixt the 2 countries, and mentioned the caller naval exercises betwixt the German Navy and the Indian Navy. The German frigate FGS Baden-Wurttemberg docked astatine Mormugao Port successful South Goa arsenic a portion of its Indo-Pacific deployment connected Saturday.