US President Joe Biden hosts German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington on Friday for talks on charting the way ahead in their support for Ukraine, after friction over tank deliveries to Kyiv.
In this file photo taken on June 26, 2022 US President Joe Biden is welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a welcoming ceremony at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, prior to the start of the G7 Summit. – US President Joe Biden receives German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on March 3, 2023.
“I think the two of them are now more concerned about the way ahead — what will the next months in Ukraine look like? What does that mean for the support that the allies can organise for Ukraine?” said Scholz’s spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. In an address to parliament on the eve of the meeting, Scholz said the partnership between two of Ukraine’s biggest backers was “closer and more trusting than ever”.
“It is obvious that this will prolong the conflict and have sad consequences for the Ukrainian people,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.The chancellor’s visit also comes after a period of tensions, namely over the delivery of modern battle tanks long sought by officials in Kyiv, which was agreed to at the end of January.
The saga showed that “the divisions between the US and Germany can be bridged, but that doing so is possible only at the highest levels in certain cases”, said former US diplomat Jeffrey Rathke.
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