Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed concern about a phone call between German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first in almost two years. Johnson said the contact could indicate attempts to recreate the "Normandy format" of talks that previously included Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine.
“We risk returning to the terrible Franco-German ‘Normandy format’, which viewed Russia and Ukraine as equal interlocutors in an internal quarrel,” he wrote in H.
Johnson considers this a "shameful betrayal of reality" and proposes instead of negotiations with Russia "to strengthen Ukraine's position on a large scale and quickly.".
He also reposted a statement by Zelensky, who criticized Scholz's call to Putin and called it "the opening of Pandora's box.".
"I'm afraid Volodymyr Zelensky is absolutely right," Johnson commented.
