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Germany Doesn’t See New Cold War, Up to Russia to Prevent This

Monday, February 15, 2016 6:23 am | < 1 Minute Read

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 13, 2016. Medvedev rejected accusations on Saturday that his country's forces have bombed civilians in Syria, saying this was "just not true". REUTERS/Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/Pool ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 13. (Reuters/Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/Pool)

The German government said on Monday it did not believe that Russia and the West had entered a new Cold War and that it was in any case up to Moscow to prevent such a deterioration in relations.

“To people who talk about a Cold War or the danger of a Cold War, like Russian Prime Minister (Dmitry) Medvedev, all I can say is that this is definitely not the view of the German government,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert said. “One must say that it is in his hands to prevent such a situation.”

Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer added that there was no alternative to dialogue with Moscow against the backdrop of what he called “pretty intensive and difficult conflicts of interest” with Moscow.

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