Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Ukraine Rejects Visit By German President Steinmeier

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attends a press briefing with Polish President Andrzej Duda after their meeting in Warsaw on April 12, 2022. © Janek Skarzynski, AFP  

DW: German President Steinmeier's visit to Kyiv 'not wanted' 

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who's currently in Warsaw, said a trip to Ukraine suggested by his Polish counterpart "wasn't wanted" by Kyiv. 

He has been criticized for his closeness to Russia. 

Kyiv rejected the proposed trip by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he said on Tuesday while visiting Warsaw. Steinmeier had been planning to make a joint visit to Ukraine with Polish President Andrzej Duda and their Estonian, Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts "a strong signal of joint European solidarity with Ukraine." 

But "that apparently wasn't wanted in Kyiv" Steinmeier said.  

Read more .... 

 Ukraine Rejects Visit By German President Steinmeier  

Ukraine rejects visit by German President Steinmeier -- Politico  

German president says Kyiv did not want him to visit -- Reuters  

Ukraine snubs German president over past ‘close ties to Russia’ -- The Guardian  

‘Not wanted in Kyiv’: Pressure mounts on Germany after Ukraine snub -- France 24  

German President Steinmeier Snubbed Over Planned Ukraine Visit, Bild Says -- Bloomberg

German president explains why his visit to Ukraine was rejected -- RT  

Pressure mounts on Berlin as Kyiv snubs German president -- Al Jazeera

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Steinmeier is a first class POS.
Back in 2016 as a German govt official he called president elect Trump a
“Hate preacher”
Steinmeier deserves this contempt from Kiev.

Anonymous said...

The German president gets the ceremonial meet and greet roles. The German Chancellor is the true power. By sending the President the German government is trying to pussy out and look like they are going along with NATO, while signaling to Moscow that they are not trying to tread on Russian toes.


When it is controversial, there is a big difference between sending the president or the chancellor.

Anonymous said...

Germany is the weakest link in the NATO alliance.

Anonymous said...

cmon germany do a heckin nazerino again