The trip falls on the European Union’s Europe Day. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV – European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky after aThe trip falls on the European Union’s Europe Day, which Ukraine adopted as its own on Monday, underlining its ambition to join Western institutions after applying to join the EU in 2022 following Russia’s invasion.
She began her highly symbolic trip shortly before Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the Soviet victory in World War II with an annual military parade and speech in Moscow’s Red Square. “I welcome President Zelensky’s decision to make May 9 Europe Day also here in Ukraine,” Ms von der Leyen tweeted.
The European Commission, the EU executive, took the unusual step of publicly announcing Ms von der Leyen’s trip the day before she travelled. Visiting dignitaries usually keep wartime trips to Ukraine secret for security reasons.
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