4 European presidents are traveling by train to Kyiv

President Egils Levits of Latvia (second from left), President of Poland Andrzej Duda (third from left) and President Gitanas Nausea of ​​Lithuania (fourth from left) board a train to Ukraine on April 13. reuters

According to AFP, an adviser to Polish President Andrzej Duda On April 13, Mr. Duda and 3 of his Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian counterparts were on their way to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Our aim is to support President Zelensky and the defenders of Ukraine in this crucial moment,” Polish presidential adviser Jakub Kumoch was quoted as saying by the PAP news agency.

Mr. Kumoch said the detailed program of the visit was not disclosed for security reasons, but that the presidents would visit “important and symbolic areas”.

Before getting on the train KyivPolish President Duda, President Alar Karis of Estonia, President Gitanas Nausea of ​​Lithuania and President Egils Levits of Latvia met in the Polish city of Rzeszow, near the border with Ukraine.

“Going to Kyiv with a strong message of political support and support military“, President Gitanas Nausea of ​​Lithuania wrote on Twitter on April 13. Mr. Nausea also posted a picture of himself and his counterparts next to a train.

Speaking on Polsat News television, Pawel Szrot, head of the office of Polish President Andrzej Duda, said the “symbolic” visit would include detailed discussions about support for the country. Ukraine.

The visit took place a day after US President Joe Biden condemns the Russian military campaign, while President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia would “calmly and calmly” continue its military operations and achieve its goals.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Poland on April 12. Mr Steinmeier also planned to visit Kyiv with his Baltic counterparts to “send a strong signal of European solidarity to Ukraine”. However, the German president said he was not welcomed by Kyiv.

Newspaper Bild German news agency reported that Ukrainian President Zelensky had turned down Steinmeier’s plan to visit due to the German president’s close relationship with Russia in recent years. While serving as German foreign minister under Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mr. Steinmeier supported the project to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.