Scholz, European leaders in Kyiv back Ukraine’s application for EU candidate status
By DW
18 June 2022 |
1:09 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, along with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, decried Russia's attacks during their joint trip to Ukraine.
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