Putin urges German citizens to support aspirations of historical Russia to restore unity
MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - Germany, whose unification Russia has supported, will also approve the aspiration of the Russian world to restore unity, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his appeal to the Russian Federal Assembly on Tuesday.
"I believe that Europeans, firstly Germans, will understand me," the president said.
During the political consultations on the unification of East Germany and West Germany "at expert, but very high levels, representatives of not all countries, who were Germany's allies, supported the very idea of unification," Putin said. "Our country, on the contrary, supported explicitly and sincerely the aspiration of Germans for national unity," he said.
"I am certain that you have not forgotten this and I count that German citizens will support the aspiration of the Russian world and historical Russia to restore unity," Putin said.
