“In a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Scholz explained that Germany could concede on the topic of deliveries (Leopard 2 tanks. -

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) only if the United States, for its part, transfers Abrams tanks,” the statement says. .

The German chancellor, the authors of the article recalled, has repeatedly stated that military support for Ukraine is not a one-sided issue of Berlin.

Scholz also spoke about the need to avoid actions in which the conflict in Ukraine "would become a war between Russia and NATO."