The politician said this in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
Scholz noted that diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine have been undertaken for a long time.
“Of course, a call for negotiations in itself does not solve the problem. If negotiations mean that Ukraine simply has to capitulate, they make no sense,” he stressed.
The White House claims that the United States will not begin negotiations with Russia on peace in Ukraine unless Vladimir Zelensky is involved in the discussion.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that now the ball is not in Russia’s court regarding negotiations with Ukraine, Zelensky only needs to lift the ban on dialogue with Moscow.