German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will discuss preparations for the NATO summit in Ankara, a new distribution of responsibilities within the Alliance, and long-term support for Ukraine during his visit to Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Wadephul said this in a statement published on the German Foreign Ministry's website ahead of a foreign trip that will also include visits to the United States, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil, Ukrinform reports.
"During talks with my counterpart Marco Rubio, I will discuss how, at next week’s NATO Summit in Ankara, we can achieve new burden-sharing within the Alliance, as well as stable, long-term support for Ukraine," Wadephul said.
According to him, such support should make Moscow realize "that the time has finally come to stop the killing in Ukraine and sit down at the negotiating table."
Wadephul stressed that " Ukraine has for some time now been willing to make peace – and we Europeans are willing to provide all the support we can in this regard."
