DIPLOMATIC DISPATCH
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:07 am
What is Alexander Lukashenko doing? The Belarusian dictator deployed tanks to the border with Ukraine over the weekend. So far, however, Lukashenko has resisted Russian efforts to be drawn into the war.
CHANCELLOR'S FOLDER
NO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS: Olaf Scholz's calendar is empty for the entire week so far. The Chancellor still has plenty of work to do: In addition to Ukraine and the Middle East, the budget dispute continues. More on that in a moment.
BERLIN, PARIS, AND LONDON WARN: In a statement chinese overseas australia database released just minutes ago, Germany, France, and Great Britain warn Iran not to attack Israel. Otherwise, Tehran "bears responsibility for jeopardizing the chance for peace and stability in the Middle East." Dan Bloom of London Playbook first reported.
SCHOLZ ADMONISHES NETANYAHU: The Chancellor has “great concern about the danger of a regional conflagration in the Middle East,” which he expressed yesterday in a telephone conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister .
“The destructive spiral of retaliatory violence” must be broken and the agreements on hostage release and a ceasefire must be finalized.
The Foreign Office also sharply criticized the Israeli attack on a school in Gaza, where Hamas terrorists were allegedly hiding, as "horrific" and "unacceptable," it said yesterday . "The repeated attacks by the Israeli army on schools must stop and be quickly investigated."
BAND OF THE COVENANT
INTERNAL SECURITY: In Cologne, there will be press statements at 12 noon by Nancy Faeser, the Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) Silke Willems and the Vice President of the BfV Sinan Selen on the current security situation.
CHANCELLOR'S FOLDER
NO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS: Olaf Scholz's calendar is empty for the entire week so far. The Chancellor still has plenty of work to do: In addition to Ukraine and the Middle East, the budget dispute continues. More on that in a moment.
BERLIN, PARIS, AND LONDON WARN: In a statement chinese overseas australia database released just minutes ago, Germany, France, and Great Britain warn Iran not to attack Israel. Otherwise, Tehran "bears responsibility for jeopardizing the chance for peace and stability in the Middle East." Dan Bloom of London Playbook first reported.
SCHOLZ ADMONISHES NETANYAHU: The Chancellor has “great concern about the danger of a regional conflagration in the Middle East,” which he expressed yesterday in a telephone conversation with the Israeli Prime Minister .
“The destructive spiral of retaliatory violence” must be broken and the agreements on hostage release and a ceasefire must be finalized.
The Foreign Office also sharply criticized the Israeli attack on a school in Gaza, where Hamas terrorists were allegedly hiding, as "horrific" and "unacceptable," it said yesterday . "The repeated attacks by the Israeli army on schools must stop and be quickly investigated."
BAND OF THE COVENANT
INTERNAL SECURITY: In Cologne, there will be press statements at 12 noon by Nancy Faeser, the Vice President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) Silke Willems and the Vice President of the BfV Sinan Selen on the current security situation.