Accordingly, the Chancellor also welcomed the support of Israel for Trump’s plan and called the announced withdrawal of the Israeli forces in Gaza a “right step”. According to the spokesman, the Chancellor also told the speaker that the talks in Egypt have now “had a quick agreement on the end of the fighting, the enforcing release of the hostages, full humanitarian access and the disarmament of Hamas.” On Sunday, negotiators from Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas were expected to negotiate in Egypt.
According to Kornelius’, Merz also said that the federal government would get involved in a diplomatic manner and engage in the implementation of the plan. Accordingly, Merz also referred to the journey of Federal Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul in the region.
Kornelius also explained that Merz also coordinated “on the developments in Gaza” on Sunday. Both agreed that a “quick agreement” had to be achieved in the upcoming discussions in Egypt – “after almost two years of war, time for peace came.” The Chancellor therefore emphasized that “all hostages had to be released, the fights had to end, Hamas had to put down the weapons”.
Almost two years after her brutal major attack on Israel, the radical Israway organization Hamas partially approved Trump’s 20-point plan for an end to the Gaza War on Friday and in particular promised an release of the Israeli hostages that are still under its violence. Trump then called on Israel to “immediately” stop attacks on destinations in the Gaza Strip.
According to Kornelius, Trump and Merz also talked about the situation in Ukraine. Accordingly, the Chancellor told the US President about the “initiative to use frozen Russian assets to support the Ukrainian armed forces”.
A proposal from the EU Commission stipulates that around 140 billion euros of this money should serve to enable so-called reparation bonds for Ukraine. Kyiv would only have to pay the money back if it received reparations from Russia. However, not all legal questions have yet been resolved.
