Volodymyr Zelenskyj speaks in the German Bundestag on Tuesday

Berlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also give a speech in the Bundestag next Tuesday during his stay in Berlin. The German Press Agency learned this from parliamentary circles on Friday. Zelenskyj will attend the two-day Ukrainian reconstruction conference in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday. He will open it on Tuesday together with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), as the federal government announced at the beginning of May. About the planned speech in the Bundestag The “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” first reported this.

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Zelenskyj had already spoken to MPs on March 17, 2022, three weeks after the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. At the time, he was connected live to the plenary hall via video. At the time, Zelensky made an impassioned appeal to parliament and the federal government to help his invaded country. His speech ended with the call: “Support us. Support peace. Support every Ukrainian. Stop the War. Help us stop him!”

The first personal speech before the German Bundestag

It would be Zelenskyj’s second visit this year and the first time he would speak in person in the German Bundestag. The Bundestag will meet for a regular session next week. However, he must change his usual routine for the speech, because only the political groups meet on Tuesday afternoon and not the parliament as a whole. The performance is based on an initiative by Green MP Robin Wagener. He is chairman of the German-Ukrainian parliamentary group.

Zelenskiy is expected to outline his expectations for the upcoming peace conference in Switzerland and EU accession negotiations. As the Euractiv portal reports, a dozen EU member states have committed to formally opening talks with candidate countries Ukraine and Moldova by the end of June. “Given the results achieved and the ongoing reform efforts in both Ukraine and Moldova, on which the Commission has already reported, we believe that now is the time to go further,” the report said in a letter signed by Germany, the Czech Republic Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Portugal, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Romania and Slovakia.

Ukraine meets the conditions for negotiations

Ukraine and Moldova According to the assessment of the European Commission, all requirements are met before the start of negotiations on admission to the European Union. A corresponding analysis was presented orally to representatives of EU countries’ governments in Brussels on Friday, diplomats said. Both countries checked off outstanding points in March.

Negotiations on the Ukrainian president’s so-called peace formula will take place in Switzerland on June 15 and 16. Zelensky had called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from all occupied territories of Ukraine. Moscow, on the other hand, insists on peace on its terms. These include maintaining previous conquests, Ukraine’s failure to join NATO and a powerful military. There could also be further demands for the transfer of territory to Russia.

Zelensky is currently in France taking part in the commemorations of the Allied landings in Normandy 80 years ago. French President Emmanuel Macron announced this the delivery of Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine bee.

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