Diplomatic incident between Germany and Russia. The German ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, remembers the victims of wars, underlines their “inevitability” and, on the occasion of the tradition, appeals for peace in a speech to hundreds of people in the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of the Conception in Moscow yesterday. The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharovaresponded immediately and regretted that the diplomat “forgot to thank his government for the regular deliveries of arms to the conflict zone in Ukraine.”
“In the Cathedral of the Conception Holy Virgin Mary “We should pray and not commit blasphemy,” he added. The holidays, said the ambassador, “are an opportunity to remember the victims of the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, regardless of their nationality or faith.” “People and nations.” can also reach peace agreements on difficult issues, if they have the will to do so. As we know, war is not inevitable. “We can and must find a peaceful solution together, despite all differences in interests and beliefs,” he emphasized. Words that, however, triggered an angry reaction from Moscow. And thus open up another front of conflict between Berlin and Russia. Old friends who become enemies…