Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit Berlin on May 13th. According to media reports, a meeting with Chancellor Scholz and a trip to Aachen are planned. The visit has not been officially confirmed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on May 13th. This is reported by several media, citing the Berlin police. According to the “Tagesspiegel”, a police spokeswoman has not yet been able to give more details about the planned security measures, but preparations have already begun. Selenskyj is expected to land at the military part of the capital’s BER airport, according to the spokeswoman. So far, there has been no official confirmation of the visit or the program from the federal government or from Ukraine.
According to the newspaper “BZ”, Selenskyj should check in at the Hotel Ritz-Carlton. Because of the visit, the highest security level 1 should apply around Potsdamer Platz, where the hotel is located. A police operation with barriers, identity checks, snipers and explosives dogs is planned. On May 14, he is to be officially received with military honors by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. After that, a helicopter flight to Aachen is planned, where he will be honored with the Charlemagne Prize.
first Germany visit since the beginning of the war
Today Selenskyi surprisingly arrived in Finland for a visit. The Finnish Presidency announced that he was taking part in a summit of the Nordic countries. According to the information, Zelenskyj is planning a talk with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, the head of state of the youngest NATO member, about the “Ukrainian defense struggle” and the “bilateral relations” between the two countries.
The meeting with Scholz in Berlin would be Zelensky’s first visit to Germany since the beginning of the war. In recent months he has been to London, Paris, Brussels and the US capital Washington, among other places.