After rejecting the visit of German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Chancellor Olaf Soltz to visit Kyiv.
As Ukrainian Ambassador to Berlin Andriy Melnik said last night, “we delivered (the invitation) and conveyed that our government and president would be very happy if Chancellor Olaf Soltz visited Kyiv.” The visit, he pointed out, should be about the way in which Germany will help Ukraine with the delivery of heavy weapons.
Yesterday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted, speaking to reporters during his visit to Warsaw, that he intended to go to Kyiv tomorrow, Thursday, together with the presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. “I would like to take this opportunity to send a strong message of European solidarity to Ukraine. “I was ready for that, but obviously – and I have to take this into account – this was not desirable from Kyiv,” said the German president, who has been sharply criticized by Ukraine for his policy toward Russia when he was minister. Foreign.
Referring to arms deliveries, the Ukrainian ambassador stressed that he expects Germany to send tanks, artillery and air defense systems, noting that other NATO member states, such as the Czech Republic, have already decided to hand over heavy weapons.
“We hope that the same decision will be taken soon by the German ruling coalition,” that “he will abandon this blockade,” said Melnik, commenting on the fact that the Greens and the Liberals are now openly in favor of sending heavy weapons. in Ukraine, but Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Solz is still hesitant. Yesterday, the chancellor reiterated that Germany will not decide such a thing alone, but in consultation with the European Union.
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