Charles Michel becomes the youngest EU leader to visit Kyiv – POLITICO
The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, has traveled to Kyiv and will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“Today in Kyiv. In the heart of a free and democratic Europe”, Michael tweetedalong with a photo of him on a train platform hugging Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s Prime Minister for European Affairs and Euro-Atlantic Integration.
The President of the European Council is expected to meet Zelenskyy later on Wednesday.
Michel’s statement of solidarity also comes after European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell traveled to the Ukrainian capital earlier this month. Although Eastern European leaders were the first to visit Kyiv after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February.
On Tuesday, Western leaders pledged to provide more aid to Ukraine during a video conference call by US President Joe Biden, which Michel attended along with other EU leaders.
https://www.politico.eu/article/charles-michel-visit-kyiv-ukraine-eu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication Charles Michel becomes the youngest EU leader to visit Kyiv – POLITICO
