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Biden Scholz Call Underway

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14:30 ET 19:30 GMT 20:30 CET: A call between US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is now underway.

  • Yesterday Scholz seemed to indicate that Germany would be prepared to make concessions on Ukrainian NATO membership. Today this has been sidestepped during NATO and US statements but the line emanating from all NATO camps is that Ukrainian territorial integrity is a fundamental principle of NATO.
  • Today has been a relatively quiet day on the diplomatic front and Western observers are watching closely to see if a genuine demobilisation of Russian troops is taking place in line with comments from Vladimir Putin and FM Lavrov.

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