“Of course, I regret this statement, it was inappropriate from a diplomatic point of view.
I will personally apologize to him (Scholz. -
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The diplomat noted that his expression caused a negative reaction in Ukraine as well.
“My president was not amused,” Melnyk added.
In early May, Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Melnyk, called Olaf Scholz an "offended liverwurst" who behaves "not very stately."
This is how the Ukrainian diplomat commented on the refusal of the German politician to go to Kyiv after the Kyiv authorities refused to admit President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Scholz himself did not evaluate the statements of the Ambassador of Ukraine.