Scholz to meet with Biden in US to discuss aid to Ukraine

Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden. Stock photo: Getty Images

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Washington in the first half of February and meet with US President Joe Biden to discuss the two leaders’ efforts to provide additional support to Ukraine.

Source: Bloomberg, citing two informed sources, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Bloomberg’s sources noted that a bilateral meeting between Scholz and Biden is planned to be held at the White House during the second week of February.

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The meeting is being planned at a time when the US Presidential Administration’s emergency request for $61 billion is stuck in Congress as Republicans demand significant concessions on immigration policy.

Meanwhile the EU is holding a special summit next week to agree on an additional €50 billion package of support for Kyiv.

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