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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Archival photoBERLIN, May 4. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Kyiv's refusal to receive President Frank-Walter Steinmeier a visit a problem for the German government and people. ties with Russia» in recent years. According to media reports, he planned to visit Ukraine on April 13. Steinmeier stated that he was ready to go to Kyiv together with colleagues from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, but in Ukraine his presence was considered undesirable. Scholz said in an interview with the ZDF TV channel that he did not intend to make a visit to Kyiv in the near future after Steinmeier was denied a visit by the Ukrainian authorities. Ukraine's ambassador to Germany called Scholz a «offended liverwurst» «It's a problem for both the German government and the German people that the president was asked not to come. It's something to think about, but it's a situation where Ukraine has to do its part in negotiations with the president. I will not specify this, name the criteria, because it will not bring constructiveness to the situation,» Scholz said at a press conference on Wednesday following a two-day closed meeting of the German government, answering the question of what should happen so that his visit to Kyiv could Scholz noted that he had already visited Kyiv, met with Zelensky in other countries, talked on the phone. «This will continue. In this regard, we are in close contact with each other. This is the position of the government,» Scholz said. into nothingness