Paul Wells: 'That's not slow moving' - Germany's ambassador to Canada on Ukraine, turbines and Canada as an energy exporter — just not right away
, and this all looks more like a preview of coming attractions than like a one-off.
Obviously we want to impose the hardest sanction possible on Russia, and make it really feel the price of this horrible aggression against Ukraine. But on the other side, we also want to have smart sanctions. We want to have sanctions that hurt Russia more than they hurt us. And this turbine is an essential part of continuing the provision of gas through the pipeline Nordstream One to Europe.
But it's a tactical difference. Ukraine says, ‘Cut off everything right now.’ But we say we need to be strong. We need to keep our ability to support Ukraine. In the long run, we need to keep our economies running. And we need to keep our populations on board. So while our target is the same -- supporting Ukraine -- I think the decisions we take on the political level, on how we go about it best, are different.
You say nobody questions the West’s resolve in the Ukraine conflict. Is that resolve solid, indefinitely? This invasion is now five months old. Can the Western alliance stick together for another five months, or five years?
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