Merkel on North Korean Escalation: ‘I Do Not See a Military Solution to This Conflict’
Merkel on North Korean Escalation: ‘I Do Not See a Military Solution to This Conflict’
On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern about
the “escalation of rhetoric” regarding the U.S.-North Korea situation,
while also forecasting that military action is not what will ease the
Asian dictatorship’s relations with the United States. Instead, she sees
it as more of a long game.
“I believe that — am firmly convinced that — an escalation of
rhetoric will not contribute to a solution of this conflict,” she said
when asked about President Donald Trump’s comments on the nuclear
escalation.
“I do not see a military solution to this conflict, rather I see
continuous work,” she continued, “like we have seen in the UN Security
Council with members with resolutions in view of North Korea, and above
all very close cooperation with affected countries, especially the
United States and China, but also South Korea, of course Japan.”
“Germany will be intensively involved with potential solutions that
we see, not of a military manner,” she concluded. “But the escalation of
rhetoric I hold as the wrong answer.”
Also on Friday, Trump tweeted a statement saying that America’s “military solutions are … locked and loaded.”
Source: Conservative Daily
