Russia has “de facto terminated its partnership” with Europe, said from Gdansk in Poland, the President of Germany Joachim Gkaouk, who sounded the alarm about the ongoing “new armed conflict on the borders of Europe” in Ukraine .

“We want a partnership and good neighborly relations” with Russia in the future, but on the condition that Moscow will change its policy and will return on the show “respect the rights of the people,” said Gkaouk in a speech at the ceremony to the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War.

After describing a “miracle” rapprochement between the Germans and the Poles, despite the hardships suffered by the latter from the Nazis, President Gkaouk expressed disappointment at the development of Russia.

“We believed and wanted to believe that Russia, the country of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, could become part of a single whole of Europe,” he said. “It is shocking that we are faced with a new armed conflict on the borders of Europe. An armed confrontation for drawing new borders and the creation of a new order. Fact: the stability and peace in our continent are again at risk, “continued Gkaouk.

“After the fall of the Wall, the European Union, NATO and the group of major industrialized countries have developed special relationships with Russia and this country have incorporated within them in different ways. This partnership “ended de facto from Russia, “added the president of Germany.

“We want a partnership and good neighborly relations (with Russia) in the future too, but this should be based on a change in Russian policy, the return in respect of the rights of peoples,” insisted Gkaouk.