On April 12 (local time), German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier revealed that he planned to make a visit to Ukraine with the Baltic leaders but was rejected by Kiev.
According to CNN, Steinmeier said Polish President Andrzej Duda asked the two leaders to visit the Ukrainian capital along with the heads of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to “send a strong signal of common European solidarity.” with Ukraine”.
“I’m ready for [chuyến thăm]. But obviously […] Kiev doesn’t want that“, Mr. Steinmeier told reporters while visiting Poland.
Meanwhile, according to CCTV (China), regarding the refusal of the visit of the German President, the Kiev side replied to the Office of the President of Germany that they are not ready to arrange a meeting, but did not rule out the possibility of having a meeting. a future meeting. One Ukrainian diplomat explained: “We all know about the close relationship of [Tổng thống] Steinmeier with Russia. He is ‘not welcome’ in Kiev at the moment. We will make changes according to the situation“.
The German president’s comments came as other European leaders visited Kiev. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Austrian Prime Minister Karl Nehammer visited and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last weekend.
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