that is, sounds like a may a copa coming from mr. stein meyer. what does that mean though today for german foreign policy? but i think sure that the common from the training president was indeed a reference to the power of our federal president. he was the right hand of former german johnson. and then he was a foreign minister. and in this time, he played a major role in leading germany into energy dependency from rush and get back. he already admitted, as you mentioned, that he took warning from both ukraine and poland and not be enough. and now we have to be aware of this in perfect, that's germany's reputation is still at risk not only because of this path, but also with reference to the current situation. and that's why we have to commit ourselves very clearly. we have to take whatever it needs to support ukraine and we have to do whatever it takes to russia. but let me just continue a little bit though with the german president mr. stein buyer and he was foreign minister under former transfer. uncle americal medical was a conservative such a

apparently that admission was not enough to spare. stein meyer. what was obviously a stinging snub tankless, mangling on font at bonuses, not was it. and on the judah, my colleague and friend polish president. and jay duda recently suggested that the 2 of us, together with the presidents of estonia, latvia and lithuania, travel to key if to send a strong signal of joint european solidarity with ukraine line. and i was ready to do that about us. but apparently that was not wanted by keyvonte again, and i have to acknowledge that. let us in here nick goods. i some history in context to help understand why stein meyer was told not to come to keep. before he became german, president stein meyer served 2 terms as german foreign minister under former chests, or under the miracle. during that time, he pursued closer relations with russia, both political and economic, and he shaped the german response to russia's illegal annexation of crimea back in 2014. but it's not only germany's recent past that is not sitting well with ukraine as it fights back a rus

the german president rung falter stein meyer wanted to visit. keep this week to show germany solidarity with ukraine until ukraine's president zalinski told him not to come. apparently stein myers, passed his intensive ties with russia, made him a persona non grata in keith. ukraine reportedly wants the german chancellor, olaf shoulds to visit instead. after all, the chancellor, not the president has sway over cindy weapons to help ukraine fight against the russians. but the snub has reportedly robbed chancellor sholtes the wrong way. now what i'm brit golf in berlin. this is the day ah, my colleague and friend polish president and j duda recently suggested that the 2 of us travel to key if to send a strong signal of joint european solidarity with ukraine. i was ready to do that. that was not wanted by keith. ah, also coming up you as president biden has accused russian, president putin, of committing genocide in you crate and the kremlin has now responded could you get an excuse, you mean, lee categorically disagree, and consider this kind of as

to acknowledge that others in here, mr. goods, arts of history in context to help understand why stein meyer was told not to come to keep. before he became german, president stein myers served 2 terms as german foreign minister under former chests, or under the miracle. during that time, he pursued closer relations with russia, both political and economic, and he shaped the german response to russia's illegal annexation of crimea back in 2014. but it's not only germany's recent past that is not sitting well with ukraine as it fights back a russian invasion. the issue of whether to send heavy weapons to ukraine has been the subject of heated debate in germany at the beginning of the war. the government here in berlin remained reluctant to get involved, but opinions both among politicians and the public have changed dramatically in the past few weeks. in january, russian troops were preparing for war, while ukraine begged allies to send weapons. but germany said it history meant it could off a helmet's not arms and a soil check immediately to that, and we'll deliver 5000 homeless, t crane. as

today on a visit to poland, stein meyer ended up cutting his trip short. he returned to germany instead of moving onwards to ukraine. it was a conscious display of harmony when german president frank valdosta maya was welcomed by his polish counterpart on j. duda. anti plans to travel to ukraine together were also meant to send the same message. but after the talks stein maya made a shock announcement. my colleague on fond tip on my colleague and friend polish president, angie duda, recently suggested that the 2 of us, together with the presidents of estonia, latvia and lithuania, its own travel to key. if i need to send a strong signal of joint european solidarity with ukraine, remind them appears as a leader. it is mitchell kiner. i was ready to do that. but apparently that was not wanted by key if and i have to acknowledge that this name and let us in here, mr. good. all that was left for the german president to say at the joint news conference following the meeting was distressed, that germany and poland remain close partners. then, as duda headed off

you are not welcome here. stein meyer, whose role is largely ceremonial, encouraged, closer relations with russia. when he was germany's foreign minister last week, he admitted that this had been a mistake on the visit to poland today. each time i ended up cutting, that trip shortly returned to germany. he did not go onwards to ukraine. it was a conscious display of harmony when german president francophile to shine maia was welcomed by his polish counterpart on j. duda. anti plans to travel to ukraine together were also meant to send the same message. but after the talks stein maya made a shock announcement. my colleague on fonder bonuses dots, was it another judah, my colleague and friend polish president. andre duda recently suggested that the 2 of us, together with the presidents of estonia, latvia and lithuania, travel to cuba, to send a strong signal of join to european solidarity with ukraine. but then not so that i was ready to do that by the way, but apparently that was not wanted by t of on. and i have to acknowledge that others in here, mr. good. all that was left for the g

oh sholtes, after apparently snubbing german president frank bolter stein meyer yesterday, who holds a largely ceremonial role. now german politicians, they have voiced their shock after the ukrainian leadership, allegedly rejected. stein meyers offered to visit the country along with poland, president and the leaders of lithuania, lethia, and estonia, ukrainian president of oldham is zalinski said that he has not been officially approached over a visit by the german president. joining me now from keith is the former ukrainian foreign minister. pablo clim can it's good to have you on the show. mister climpson. according to president zalinski, the german president did not make contact regarding a visit. now that would be a breach of protocol to say the least, but that is not what this snub is really all about. is it good evening what, what times are normally not about protocol? so fundamentally, it's not about to stand meyer himself i, he's definitely not more pro russian who's ends that majority of social democracy, democrats, or the general political reality. it's moy vow with disap

german politicians, they voiced their shock after the ukrainian leadership, allegedly rejected. stein meyers offered to visit the country along with poland, president and the leaders of lithuania, lafayette, and estonia, ukrainian president, bonham zalinski says that he has not been officially approached about a visit or earlier i spoke with former ukrainian foreign minister pablo clinton, and i asked him whether this snub is about more than just the breach of protocol and not consulting the ukrainian president what, what times are normally not involved throughout the cold? so fundamentally, it's not about that than my or himself i, he's definitely not more pro ration who's ends in majority. i was a social walker, democrats on the general political reality. it's more eyebrow with disappointment, and i would feel unsafe restoration. i evolved serves at geminus or all, and especially geminus leadership e and i helped him ukraine along and it's about sanctions and it's about gen when stop on his not you don't want on oil and gas, it's the next big issue and it could really change share their re

you know, the nato is saber rattling as now. president stein meyer said back in 2018 when there was a nato exercise in, in eastern eastern europe, 16. so, you know, these are, these are all things that, that point to a kind of group think here that i think led us to this point. and i think that there, there's, there in shell shock. now all of these politicians don't know what to do, and i think this is the, the crisis really that germany faces because it can't read at this moment. i mean, does that federal president and thought to shine meyer has actually now admitted to having made grave grave mistakes? do you think the scales are finally falling from german eyes and will it make a difference? unfortunately, i don't. and if you actually look at the text of what he said, he uses the plural a lot and says, you know, i like many others. and you know, if you, if you look at what he actually said he's, he's essentially saying our strategy was right. but to tin didn't play a long and you know putin is really a bad person. whereas if you go back in time, this was very controversial internat

frank walter stein meyer has been creating a spider's web of contexts with russia for decades. what is true, however, is that then foreign minister, frank walter stein mire together with then chancellor angular miracle did more than anyone else in europe to support ukraine in an op ed published by spiegel sigma, gabriel dismissed cubes. allegations that stand meyer and former chancellor merkel had helped moscow build a pro russian lobby and ukraine. he said those claims were untruthful and malicious, and noted the financial aid that germany has provided to ukraine in recent years. this germany's role as a mediator between ukraine and russia. that's now been tainted with these conspiracy theories. he alleged, we heard from german geopolitical analyst rayner ross 1st, who says berlin should not be blamed for trying to maintain good relations with moscow. germany was always standing by the side of your brain. this is what we could see in the past 8 years. but germany was also seeking a stable relationship with russia, against all the pressure of the other western partners of germa

that proposal aim to if i the implementation of the minsk agreements the stein meyer formula envisaged free and fair elections in the dawn bus under ukrainian law. all verification by international observers. and then depending on the result, self governing status for the regions in question ah ah, the summit took place in paris on december 9th, 2019 with well put in said he welcomed the shy meyer formula. he insisted on a change, namely that russia would relinquish its control over the border only after the elections. zalinski wanted ukrainian troops to secure the border with russia before elections were held. otherwise, he feared only puppets of the kremlin would run. they then rubber stamp russian control. overdone, boss with the summit ended without a break through blue b i o. those little progress has been made. skeptics in ukraine and abroad were relieved. they worried zalinski would buckle under pressure from the vastly more experienced poaching. and i think that some, it's really changed the dynamic way ukraine, germany and france became more united than that. france to interpr

the germans tried to send their president stein meyer to ukraine, the ukrainians i think somewhat foolishly offer, now the germans seem to be upset, trchancellor sholds h publicly criticized the ukrainians. is there a danger that the germans will not follow through on what seemed like a very robust transformation in german foreign policy? >> i agree with you, i think it was foolish of the ukrainians. we are foreign ministers, we might have some divergence, you always have that discussing different issues, but at the end of the day he has always been a robust supporter of our approach on russia and support to ukraine. i think it was somewhat unfair. i hope they will repair that particular damage. the change in germany is very big, no doubt about that, and big changes don't happen in one week, it takes time to digest what has been happening, but i do see this change coming in german policy. it's not going to be radical one day from another, but it's coming. it is very substantial increases in defense spending that are coming there and clearly getting rid of russian gas, it's going to take som

am over at this parents know about the german president, frank about stein my what's your perspective on that? president stan meyer made huge mistakes in helping russia with what russia became today. he acknowledged he's mistakes. he confirmed it and made his open statements against aggression of russia war with russia and president put in particular i'm not going to criticize during this war and the president on the right hand side for his decision . and as well now seems the mistakes were confirmed by prisoners time are driven business by meyer and i believe, and i hope that this meeting with the president, by mar, driven president and chris prisons. lensky are going to take place in next coming days or weeks here in q. okay, we will leave it there. vladimir kitch, go in, keith, thank you. thank you very much, and please keep supporting us. thank you. you're watching d w. news. here's a reminder of our main stories. u. s. president joe biden has approved $800000000.00 an additional military assistance to ukraine. the package includes heavy artillery as the country prepares to defend against a massive russian ass

the german president trunk volter stein meyer wanted to visit keith this week to show germany solidarity with you. craig, until you crane's president zelinski told him not to come. apparently stein my years past his intensive ties with russia, made him a persona non grata in keith. ukraine, reportedly wants the german transfer off schultz to visit instead. after all, the chancellor, not the president has sway over cindy weapons to help ukraine fight against the russians. but the snub has reportedly robbed chancellor sholtes the wrong way. now what i broke off in berlin, this is the deck ah . my colleague and friend polish president and jay duda recently suggested that the 2 of us travel to cuba to send a strong signal of join to european solidarity.