Biden, Germany’s Scholz Try to Show United Front Amid Tensions | G3 News

Biden, Germany’s Scholz Try to Show United Front Amid Tensions With Russia Over Ukraine

@G3News: President Biden met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on Monday (Feb. 7) as the two leaders tried to show a united front amid heightened tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

Germany has not been as eager to stoke conflict between Ukraine and Russia as some of its NATO allies, refusing to send weapons to Kyiv.

At a joint press conference, President Biden said if Russia invades Ukraine, “there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.” But when Scholz was asked if Germany would “pull the plug” on the pipeline in the event of a Russian invasion, he stressed unity with allies but wouldn’t make the commitment.

“As I’ve already said, we are acting together, we are absolutely united, and we will not be taking different steps. We will do the same steps, and they will be very, very hard to Russia, and they should understand,” Scholz said.
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