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Dinakar Peri, Suhasini Haider

German Navy chief strikes a tough note on China

Chief of the German Navy Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim Schonbach speaks at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses on January 21, 2022. Photo: Twitter/@IDSAIndia

China is “giving money to dictators and killers” so long as they give rights over their country’s resources, said Chief of German Navy Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach while also stating that Ukraine “cannot” meet the requirements of joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and what Russian President Vladimir Putin really wants is “high-level respect” and it is “easy” to give him that as countries need Russia against China.

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