Before that, Zelensky spoke by phone with Merz
The new German Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke Thursday by phone with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and assured him of the continuous support of Germany in the war which opposes Russia.
“The federal chancellor has reaffirmed Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine, which can count on the support of the new German government,” government spokesman Stefan Kornelius said in a statement, two days after Mr. Merz’s election to the Chancellery.
Note that Merz also had an exchange with Donald Trump earlier. The American president would have assured him that he was supporting European efforts “with a view to lasting peace” in Ukraine.
Donald “Trump said that he would firmly support German efforts” in this sense “in concert with France in Britain, Poland and other German partners with a view to lasting peace,” said the German Chancellor.
