Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz does not plan to visit Ukraine in the near future and considers Kyiv's refusal to receive President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrong. At the same time, he said in an interview with the public broadcaster ZDF.

Commenting on a possible visit to Ukraine, he mentioned the refusal of the administration of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to receive German Federal President Franco-Walter Steinmeier and noted that this "

" It cannot be said that a country that provides so much military assistance, so much financial assistance, which is needed when it comes to security guarantees that are important for the future of Ukraine, but the president of this country cannot come,” Olaf Scholz said and added that now representatives the German government will not go to Kyiv.

At the same time, Scholz assures that he never doubted the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine..

“I always decided quickly, after consulting with allies. But my course is that we act sensibly and with a clear mind,"

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Recall, on April 12, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Ukraine opposed his visit to Kyiv, along with the presidents of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

In response, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Office of the President of Ukraine did not receive an appeal from the Office of the President of Germany regarding the visit of the German President to Ukraine and added that in the conditions of war and the daily loss of life in Ukraine, our state has the right to afford to "

Recently, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was even threatened with resignation due to an unstable position on the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine. In particular, he personally crossed out the heaviest weapons from the supply plans, and stated that he would not agree on this.