German Foreign Minister fears last vestiges of trust between US and Russia will be lost
Frank Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Bild on October 8th that today’s tension between the USA and Russia is worse than it was during the Cold War, and that it is destroying the last vestiges of trust between the two largest countries in the world.
"The number of reasons for conflict between Russia and the United States is growing. It seems that even the last trust is fading. If it goes on this way, we will be back in the days of confrontation between the two largest countries,” he said.
The head of the German Foreign Ministry is sure that Cold War times cannot compare with the current situation. "What is happening now is even more dangerous. In the past, the world was divided into two parts but both Moscow and Washington knew where the breaking points were and used to respect them. But recent regional conflicts and the continual reduction of major countries’ influence are making the world much more unpredictable for politicians,” Steinmeier believes.
The German Foreign Minister called on the USA and Russia to continue the dialogue and joint efforts to end the hostilities in Syria. The first step towards this, he said, should be the delivery of humanitarian aid and medicine to the residents of the besieged city of Aleppo.