{"id":1438600,"date":"2022-04-14T16:15:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1438600"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:16:04","slug":"ukraine-welcomes-visit-of-polish-president-tells-german-leader-they-are-not-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-welcomes-visit-of-polish-president-tells-german-leader-they-are-not-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Welcomes Visit of Polish President, Tells German Leader They Are &#039;Not Wanted&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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    <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239001756-e1649862295580-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As a number of EU leaders \u2013 including the President of Poland \u2013 visit Ukraine, Germany has been left licking its wounds after apparently being told that their head of state is \u2018not wanted\u2019 in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Presidents from the European nation-states of Poland,\u00a0Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia all converged on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a show of support for Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky government on Wednesday, which is currently attempting to fight off a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, while the Eastern European nation welcomes the heads of state from four different NATO countries, it has reportedly expressed a desire for Germany\u2019s President,\u00a0Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to stay away, prompting outcry in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>While one official within the country has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/04\/12\/german-president-says-he-s-not-wanted-in-kyiv\">denied<\/a> that Steinmeier was ever snubbed, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/ukraine-frank-walter-steinmeier-snub-disappointment-germany\/\">report<\/a> by <em>POLITICO<\/em>, German authorities are under the clear impression that he \u2014 and by extension Germany \u2014 was very much refused the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/wires\/ap\/article-10713829\/Putin-vows-war-continue-Russian-troops-mount-east.html\">treatment<\/a> other European nations are currently receiving, much to the chagrin of those in power.<\/p>\n<p>The perceived snub is said to be a result of Steinmeier\u2019s perceived soft stance on Russia, the head of state having previously attempted to better relations between his country and Moscow during his time as foreign minister.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, this does not seem to be a sufficient excuse for the instruction to stay away for many within the German camp, with <em>POLITICO<\/em> describing the incident as a \u201chumiliation\u201d for Germany as a whole due to Steinmeier\u2019s position as the senior-most representative of the German Federal Republic.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, this reported humiliation was reportedly only heightened thanks to Ukrainian officials apparently leaking the snub to the public through the German publication\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/politik\/ausland\/politik-ausland\/mega-klatsche-fuer-unseren-bundespraesidenten-selenskyj-erteilt-steinmeier-ukrai-79753944.bild.html\"><em>Bild<\/em><\/a>, preventing the issue from being dealt with \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d, as some officials reportedly wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile understanding the existential threat to Ukraine posed by the Russian invasion, I expect Ukrainian representatives to adhere to a minimum level of diplomatic manners and not unduly interfere in our country\u2019s domestic politics,\u201d\u00a0<em>POLITICO<\/em>\u00a0reports\u00a0Rolf M\u00fctzenich \u2014 a senior member of the party to which both Steinmeier and Germany\u2019s leftist Chancellor Olaf Scholz belong to \u2014 as saying regarding the snub.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EU Wants Extra \u20ac500m to Send Ukraine Weapons via \u2018European Peace Facility\u2019 Fund<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BK42lcZ2ik\">https:\/\/t.co\/BK42lcZ2ik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512445168951177223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Authorities within the German government have said that the harsh social slight from Ukraine would not result in policy change in Germany, which is currently considering sending tanks to the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, the truth of this claim seems to be up in the air to some degree, with one elected representative saying that Ukraine\u2019s actions may prove to be counterproductive, especially if the move was designed to push the country\u2019s Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, to visit the country himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t imagine the chancellor of a government supported by the FDP travelling to a country that declares our country\u2019s head of state an undesirable person,\u201d said\u00a0Wolfgang Kubicki of the liberal FDP party.<\/p>\n<p>Others in Germany had already expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welt.de\/politik\/deutschland\/article238130987\/Melnyk-erzuernt-ueber-Ex-Merkel-Berater-Putinversteher-forever.html\">harsh warnings<\/a> against the possibility of sending heavy armour to Ukraine which may now receive a little more attention, with one ex-Defence Advisor to former Chancellor Angela Merkel warning that the move could end up having devastating consequences for world peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing a lot of war rhetoric right now \u2013 out of good alignment ethics,\u201d said former German Brigadier General Erich Vad. \u201cBut as we all know, the road to hell is always paved with good intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must think of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine from the end,\u201d he continued. \u201cIf we don\u2019t want World War III, sooner or later we\u2019ll have to get out of this logic of military escalation and start negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Peter Caddle on Twitter:<\/span><\/em> 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