Biden sees Sinwar’s death as an “opportunity” and Scholz believes it “opens the door to a ceasefire”

The two leaders highlight “coordinated support” for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s “aggression”

Oct. 18 () –

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, expressed this Friday that he sees the death of the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Yahya Sinwar, as an “opportunity”, words that add to those of the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, who considers that his death “opens the door to a ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip, where more than 42,400 people have died due to the Israeli offensive.

Biden described his death as “a moment of justice” during a meeting with Scholz in Berlin, the German capital.

Scholz, for his part, stated that there is now a “tangible prospect for a ceasefire”, although he recalled that Israel has the right to defend itself. “It is important for me to say this clearly. We are on Israel’s side,” he said.

Likewise, he has indicated that Germany intends to “continue supporting Israel militarily”, which includes “guaranteeing its defense capabilities” despite the siege that the country maintains on the Gaza Strip.

SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE

The two leaders took advantage of the occasion to address the “long relationship between the two countries, based on shared democratic values” and highlighted their “coordinated support” for Ukraine “to defend itself from Russian aggression”, as well as the “efforts to confront anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred” in the Middle East and other areas of the world.

“President Biden has expressed his appreciation for Germany’s leadership in increasing NATO’s collective defense budget and has highlighted his role as a mediator in achieving the release of wrongfully detained Americans.” , the White House stated in a statement.

In this sense, Scholz has reaffirmed his commitment to NATO and has assured that it is “thanks to the leadership” of Biden that the plan of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, “has failed”, according to the German news agency DPA. “Thanks to that, Ukraine has not fallen in a matter of days and, instead, has resisted Russian imperialism for more than two and a half years,” he added.