What leads Selenskij to Vienna on June 16? – Diepresse.com
President Wolodymyr Selenskij is planning a visit to Austria. The sources of the « press » confirm this. It is still unclear what leads him. The Hofburg is covered, FPÖ boss Kickl is raging.
Officially, nobody wants to confirm it – neither the presidential office nor the Federal Chancellery nor the Foreign Ministry. The Ukrainian embassy in Vienna also has strict instruction from Kiev not to comment on travel plans of the head of the state. For safety reasons. But as « Die Presse » has learned from several sources, the report of the « Kronen Zeitung » is correct: The Ukrainian President, Wolodymyr Selenskij, is to plan to come to Vienna on June 16.
If the visit is not canceled due to the leak, appointments would be with Federal President Alexander van der BellenChancellor Christian Stocker and foreign minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger planned. However, it initially remained unclear what the Ukrainian president leads to Vienna. Because in addition to friendly words and financial support, Austria doesn’t have much to offer, at least no weapons. This prohibits neutrality.
Angry broadcast of Kickls
Selenskij has not been in Vienna since the Russian attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. He completed his last visit to Austria in September 2020. His video appearance in front of the Austrian Parliament in March 2023 at the invitation of the then VP National Council President caused a sensation Wolfgang Sobotka. At that time, the FPÖ MPs demonstratively left the hall that some Social Democrats preferred to stay away.
FPÖ boss Herbert Kick Now scourge Selenskij’s visit to the Vienna as a « neutrality injury » before everything was even confirmed. « It is irresponsible to give the president of a country in the war to give the president of a country. This is not only a foreign policy foul, but also makes Austria a possible target in the event of an escalation! Whoever acts in this way – we must not allow that. » Kickl let Kickl know in a broadcast.
