Steinmeier to visit Ukraine on May 29-30 - embassy

16:38, 25.05.2018 1 min read

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine on May 29-30, the German Embassy in Ukraine has reported.

"German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine from May 29 to May 30, 2018. On May 29, the German president will hold talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President [Petro] Poroshenko and Prime Minister [Volodymyr] Groysman, and examine the state of reforms in Ukraine," the embassy said in a statement released on Friday.

In addition, Steinmeier will speak before the students of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

On May 30, he will meet in Kyiv with students and teachers who study and teach German respectively and in Lviv with students and teachers of German studies.

The embassy said that Steinmeier would also mark the 10th anniversary of the "Schools: Partners for the Future" initiative.

Earlier on Friday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, while opening a meeting of the National Investment Council, said that the German president would visit Ukraine next week.