One year after promising to upgrade the country's armed forces with a massive one-off fund, German chancellor called on China parliament to push for Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday asked China not to support Russia with weapons in its war against Ukraine.
"My message to Beijing is clear: use your influence in Moscow to push for the withdrawal of Russian troops," Scholz said. "And do not supply weapons to the aggressor Russia."
He delivered the comments in a speech to the German Parliament.
The special address came one year after he announced a "Zeitenwende" (in English, "turning of the times") in the wake of Moscow's assault on its neighbor.
At the time, Scholz pledged in a special session of the Bundestag to provide the German military with €100 billion ($106 billion) to fund much-needed upgrades.
In the summer of last year, the German Parliament approved the special fund for the Bundeswehr. Prior to that, the center-right opposition in the Bundestag joined forces with the ruling parties to change the constitution and allow the additional debt — an unprecedented occurrence in the history of the Federal Republic.
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