German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) bids farewell to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right), as he leaves the Bellevue Palace on May 14, 2023, in Berlin.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany for its assistance as he met President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday in his very first see to the nation considering that Russia’s intrusion.
Zelenskyy got here in Berlin from Rome, where he fulfilled independently on Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and PopeFrancis The pope suggested that the Vatican would assist in the repatriation of Ukrainian kids taken by Russians.
He flew on a German federal government airplane accompanied over German airspace by fighter jets of the Luftwaffe flying force, showing up in the middle of the night.
“In the most challenging time in the modern history of Ukraine, Germany proud to be our true friend and reliable ally,” Zelenskyy composed in the visitor book of the German presidency. “Together we will win and bring peace back to Europe.”
Zelenskyy was anticipated to fulfill later on with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his security cabinet prior to heading to Aachen in west Germany to get the prominent Charlemagne reward in honour of services to Europe.
Germany, which is Europe’s biggest economy, dealt with criticism at the start of the war for what some called a reluctant action, however it has actually turned into one of Ukraine’s greatest suppliers of monetary and military help.
The federal government revealed 2.7 billion euro ($ 3 billion) of military help to Ukraine on Saturday, its greatest such bundle yet considering that Russia’s intrusion in February in 2015, and promised more assistance for Kyiv for as long as required.
Zelenskyy hailed this as a “powerful package” in a tweet, showing that he intended to talk about weapons supply in addition to air defence, restoration, Ukraine’s candidateship for subscription of the European Union and security with German authorities.
Zelenskyy last gone to Germany for the Munich Security Council in February in 2015 right before the war broke out.
Germany was constrained in its assistance for Ukraine at that time both by its energy reliance on Russia and a pacifism rooted in its bloody 20 th century history.
This needed a significant policy turmoil and a shift in frame of mind that Scholz called a “Zeitenwende” or turn of age, in a landmark speech simply days after the war broke out.
