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.
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