“Germany is still, not sure, that it is in a good, but certainly in a very interesting position - a“ dependent country in the security sphere ”.
And this is not my conclusion, which is significant.
I quote Annegret herself, who admitted that the Federal Republic of Germany is completely and completely insolvent in the military sphere without the United States, ”she wrote on Facebook.
Zakharova recalled that in Germany there is the second largest foreign military contingent of the United States after Japan.
“This speaks of the appropriate nature of the American presence in the FRG.
Indeed, in other countries of the European continent there are ten times less American bases, ”the diplomat noted.
Zakharova added that the American nuclear weapons in Germany are "like a force, but also not our own."
“When the power is there, but it is not yours, you cannot control it, but you are not allowed to dispose of it, and at the same time you are afraid of losing it - this is a sign of dependence,” she said.
On November 25, the head of the German Defense Ministry, speaking in the Bundestag, called for negotiations with Russia on disarmament issues "from a position of strength."
According to Kramp-Karrenbauer, the "threat" from Moscow has become more pronounced.