Diplomacy: Ambassador Lambsdorff requires peace in Moscow | EUROtoday

Germany’s ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, referred to as for peace at a big Christmas live performance in a church within the Russian capital. “In the Ukraine war, people on both sides are suffering from the violence,” the diplomat stated in entrance of tons of of visitors on Saturday. Especially in instances of unpeace, the Christmas message is vital as a message of peace and hope.

The diplomat additionally recalled conflicts within the Middle East, Sudan, Haiti and Myanmar. According to Lambsdorff, the oratorio Messiah, which was carried out on the Christmas live performance underneath the path of the well-known conductor Alexander Tsaljuk, was not chosen by likelihood. The hope for the “Prince of Peace” is ready to music there.

Since the start of the Russian warfare of aggression in opposition to Ukraine and the disruption of German-Russian relations, the standard Christmas live performance has been one of many few occasions the place Germans and Russians nonetheless come collectively in Moscow.

Last yr, Lambsdorff’s speech, wherein he additionally remembered the victims of the Russian warfare of aggression, provoked a violent response within the Russian Foreign Ministry. It accused him of duplicity as a result of Berlin was supplying Ukraine with weapons. The warfare of aggression launched by Russia is estimated to have claimed tons of of 1000’s of victims, together with many civilians. But Moscow blames the West for the warfare.