ROUNDUP: Steinmeier’s visit to Kyiv canceled – ‘not desired’

WARSAW (dpa-AFX) – A planned trip by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Kyiv has burst because he is obviously not welcome there. In the past few days, Polish President Andrzej Duda had suggested that they travel to the Ukrainian capital together with the heads of state of the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, “to send and set a strong sign of common European solidarity with Ukraine “said Steinmeier on Tuesday during his visit to Warsaw. “I was willing to do that. But apparently – and I have to admit – that was not wanted in Kyiv.” First the “image” reported about the cancellation./sk/DP/men