Merkel goes to Ukraine, where it is waiting for the second Marshall plan

Tatiana Firsova. German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time this year to visit Ukraine. From Berlin to Kiev is waiting for support, and not only political.

The German side on such calls until now reacted with restraint, According to the envoy of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany of Steffen Seibert, in This perilous time, the trip will be From Merkel " a sign of support to Ukraine.

As said Seibert on the last working day of the week, for the Chancellor of the meaning and purpose of this visit was to get a clearer picture of what is happening. Kiev same as the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavel klimkina for the last period of time several times through the German media have asked Berlin for help - and military, and financial.

" Of course, the Visit of the Chancellor of the symbolic. She will come yesterday our independence Day. Visit also because it is symbolic that political support for Ukraine shows readiness to help. Most declare, a kind of Marshall plan. Why not a kind of Merkel's plan "? Germany is making efforts to stabilize and among them I mean stabilization in Donetsk and Lugansk. But Also for further reforms in Ukraine to Ukraine they were able to go the European way, " said Klimkin in broadcast television channel ZDF on the last working day of the week. In the framework of the American Marshall plan, As it is known, was carried out with financial support of the countries of Western Europe after the Second world war.

Germany says it need the ceasefire in Ukraine and About the role in the negotiations of the contact group of commissioners of the OSCE, Ukraine and Russia, without going into details. While military aid to Ukraine official Berlin has already rejected." Our main goal is to achieve a ceasefire by both sides. This is a prerequisite For the subsequent peace process, " said Seibert.

plans Merkel - conversations with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk. It is also assumed that in order to obtain a clearer picture of what is happening will be held conversations of German Chancellor with the mayors of Kyiv, Donetsk and Lviv. The meeting is expected and the presence of authorized Crimean Tatars, said Seibert. Other details of the visit are not reported.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About How developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.


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