“Our common goal is to prevent war in Europe.
The movement of Russian troops to the border of Ukraine is of great concern.
Our assessment here is the same, as is the position: a new violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine is unacceptable, it will entail large-scale consequences for Russia - political, economic and, of course, geostrategic, ”RIA Novosti quotes Scholz.
He also noted the need for dialogue to find a way out of the situation.
Earlier, Scholz said that Germany intends to act jointly with the United States in the event of "Russia's invasion of Ukraine."
In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at talks with his American counterpart Joe Biden, said that Russian troops were stationed on the territory of the country and did not threaten anyone.
Prior to this, the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia was not going to attack anyone.