In the president's opinion, such a statement cannot be called adequate.
“This lady has become the Minister of Defense, she wants to show, apparently, the toughness.
In this case, she repeated to a certain extent the cliché that is repeated in many NATO countries.
This is counterproductive for our interstate relations, and from the point of view of defense policy it makes no sense, because because.
We need to see what the Russian army is today - that's why, ”Putin said.
He added that he would not attach much importance to the speech of the German minister.
“There is no need to inflate anything here.
I'm not sure that she herself is happy with this statement, like many responsible politicians in the Federal Republic itself.
It's just such a traditional cliche, ”he summed up.
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.
Later, the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that the German Defense Minister demonstrates his inability to offer anything meaningful for the real strengthening of security in Europe.
Also, the words of the German politician were commented on by the Russian Foreign Ministry, citing statements by Kramp-Karrenbauer herself that "Germany is completely and completely untenable in the military sphere without the United States."