AfD calls for normalization of relations with Russia and an end to aid to Ukraine

The working group of the German far-right party Alternative for Germany has approved a foreign policy concept calling for the full normalization of relations with Russia, the resumption of trade and purchases of oil and gas, as well as an end to military aid to Ukraine.

This was reported by the German tabloid Bild, citing sources.

Deputy leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag Markus Frohnmaier commented on the adopted concept:

“The working group is completely united on the fundamental principles of our foreign policy, which represents a real policy in Germany’s national interests,” Frohnmaier said.

At the same time, the party is preparing a separate concept for relations with the United States. The AfD welcomes the “reorientation of American foreign policy” under Donald Trump, including a departure from the “global interventionist policy of the past,” and supports the United States’ desire to preserve Europe as a “Western European cultural space.”

In addition, the AfD is calling for the expulsion from Germany of Ukrainian men of military age.

Earlier, Trump commented on the AfD’s victory in the Saxony-Anhalt elections with the phrase “Make Germany great again!”