FRANKFURT, June 11 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Kyiv with his French and Italian counterparts ahead of the G7 summit at the end of June, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Saturday, citing French government sources. and Ukrainians.
“We are unable to confirm this,” a German government spokesman told Reuters. Contact, the Elyse did not wish to confirm the information while the Italian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
None of the three leaders have visited Kyiv since Moscow invaded Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron has met regularly with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin since the Russian offensive began on February 24, as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire and start credible negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow, which have had little success so far.
He has drawn the wrath of the Ukrainian authorities and countries of Eastern Europe for having called, in an interview granted a week ago to the regional daily press, not to “humiliate” Russia “so that the day where the fighting stops, we can build a way out through diplomatic channels. (Report Andreas Rinke, Mathieu Rosemain, Angelo Amante, Tom Sims and Michel Rose, French version Benjamin Mallet)