Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held talks by phone with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s Der Spiegel media outlet claimed on Thursday. The two leaders reportedly agreed to move on and forget past grudges relating to Kiev’s decision last month to call off Steinmeier’s visit to Ukraine at short notice over alleged links to the Kremlin.
According to the publication, Zelensky and Steinmeier spoke by phone for about 45 minutes on Thursday, with the German president reportedly pledging Berlin’s full support to Kiev. The outlet described the alleged conversation as an attempt to ease tensions between the two countries, which resulted from Ukraine’s prior decision to cancel Steinmeier’s planned visit to Kiev at the last minute in mid-April.
Der Spiegel, citing an unnamed source, also reported that the latest phone talks indicated that the “irritations of the past were removed.”
Zelensky reportedly invited both Steinmeier and the entire German leadership to visit Ukraine, though it was not clear whether the German president was planning such a trip in the near future, the outlet noted. However, according to Der Spiegel, if the two leaders indeed buried their grudges, that could pave the way for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Ukraine.
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