The move angered Ukrainian authorities, with Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, calling it a “slap in the face” of the Ukrainian people.
“It doesn’t just show a lack of tact; this is a disastrous political decision, “he added.
Tensions between Kyiv and Berlin have already eased over the German government’s initial refusal to provide Ukraine with heavy weapons, although the policy has since been reversed following international pressure.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has not yet visited Kyiv, unlike Boris Johnson and other EU leaders.
However, Baerbel Bass, president of the German parliament, traveled to the Ukrainian capital on Sunday for talks with Vladimir Zelensky.
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