Afghanistan event: Maas cancels too

For Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer, things are not going well: she wanted to review the Afghanistan mission at a conference. But after several parliamentary groups, Foreign Minister Maas has now also canceled.

Once again, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s list of participants has lost a prominent name: After that ARD capital studio On Sunday he reported exclusively that defense politicians from the SPD, Greens, FDP and the Union are staying away from the Afghanistan discussion, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has now also canceled. When asked, the Federal Foreign Office did not give any reasons for this.

The “Spiegel” reported, citing insiders, that Maas considers the point in time after the general election to be inappropriate. Similarly, defense politicians from the Bundestag had their rejection of the ARD capital studio reasoned: To start working on such an important topic in the middle of the exploratory phase for a new government is out of place, it was said.

Event should take place anyway

Tomorrow, Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer invites you to a full-day event entitled “20 Years of Afghanistan – Starting Shot for a Balance Sheet Debate”. A government spokesman confirmed yesterday that the discussion would continue despite the rejections from the Bundestag. Among other things, the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, Eberhard Zorn, is there. In addition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will give a welcoming address.

Criticism of the planned timing of coming to terms with Afghanistan so soon after the federal election was expressed by parliamentarians weeks ago. Despite the opposition, the minister held on to the appointment.