Here comes the answer from Berlin to the Ukrainian government, as the German Federal President explained on Tuesday Frank Walter Steinmeier “Undesirable person in Kyiv”: The German government spokesman replied that Steinmeier had recently been reelected with a large majority Bundestag, “Represents the Federal Republic of Germany”. And then came the Chancellor’s words Olaf Scholzwho in an interview with the RBB “irritating“The No of Kyiv. A response primarily addressed to the President Volodymyr Zelensky, which marks a first friction between Kyiv and Berlin. Just on the day that the Relationships With the’Elisha: the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine said it was disappointed that the French President Emmanuel Macron the word “genocide” not used. This term was used by the US President yeah bidenwhich instead immediately received the applause of Zelensky: “True words of a true leader”.
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Berlin reiterated all support Steinmeier and the chancellor scholz toUkraine: “We are clearly and completely on the side of Ukraine and support her in her defence. President Steinmeier has already made it clear that he is sorry not to be able to travel to Ukraine, and I am sorry too,” said the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. “We talked about this trip together and it seemed like a sensible idea.” However, a certain cold seeps through the stationery. Zelenskyj’s spokesman, Oleksiy Arestovychspoke to Zdf and specified that the president had no desire to “insult” Berlin and that Kyiv was ready to welcome the chancellor scholz because “he can make practical decisions, includingshipment of weapons“. However, Scholz himself stated that currently is not planned his trip to Kyiv.
Also speaking on this point was the Secretary of the Democratic Party, Enrico Letta: “A President of the Republic of a country ofEuropean Union cannot be taken into account unwanted person from a candidate country to join the European Union, he wrote in a tweet. The reasons for the great rejection of Steinmeier’s visit relate to his earlier positions: he was a great supporter of north stream 2the project for double that pipeline that connects St Pietroburgo and the Germany, in the Baltic Sea. The German Federal President was also a close associate of the former SPD Chancellor Gerard Schroederwho today is a personality who is very close to him Wladimir Putin. He was also foreign minister in the Merkel government and established good relations with his Russian counterpart Lavrov. Same thing a week ago though Steinmeier he asked publicly forgiveness for these positions.
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While relations between Berlin and Kyiv are becoming less solid, some disagreements also affect Paris. The French President Emmanuel macron Today Biden did not follow the accusation of genocide against Putin: “I want to try to do as much as possible to continue to be able Stop this war and remodel them Peace, so I’m not sure escalating the words will help the cause,” he explained. However, his move was not welcomed in Kyiv: “The reluctance of the French President to recognize the genocide of the Ukrainians after all the explicit statements by the Russian leadership and the criminal actions of the Russian army is disappointing“, he said Oleg NikolenkoSpokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.