Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday, May 28th, called German plans to build the “strongest” army in Europe “very worrying.”
“Many were immediately reminded about the periods of the previous century, when Germany twice became the leading military power and how much trouble this brought,” Lavrov said at a security conference in Moscow, where representatives from the U.S. embassy participated for the first time since Russia’s Ukraine offensive.
Since the Second World War, until recently, Germany has been reluctant to build up its military. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to “provide all financial means necessary” for the long-underfunded defence forces of his country.
