German Chancellor: EU to Terminate Russian Coal Import in Summer

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed that the European Union will stop importing Russian coal in the summer and will do away with Russian oil by the end of 2022.

In an interview with The Indian Express newspaper published on Monday, Scholz said the EU has adopted "unprecedented sanctions against the Russian Federation."

Scholz added. "Many countries have joined these sanctions, even if this necessarily implies economic costs for ourselves."

"We are furthermore now implementing a very ambitious policy to reduce our dependency on the import of fossil fuels from Russia," he noted. "We will stop the import of Russian coal this summer, we will phase out Russian oil until the end of the year and will reduce gas imports from Russia severely."

During his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin, the German chancellor called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine.

"Stop this war, stop this senseless murder, withdraw your troops," he said in his appeal to Putin.

At the end of their meeting, the two leaders agreed "that you cannot change borders through might and violence."