Germany’s Scholz to speak with Zelenskiy on Monday – govt spokesperson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks by a map of Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion, at the Bundeswehr Operations Command in Schwielowsee, Germany March 4, 2022. Clemens Bilan/Pool via REUTERS

BERLIN, March 7 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is set to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later on Monday, a German government spokesperson said.

French President Emmanuel Macron is also in contact with both sides, spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told journalists at a regular news conference on Monday, adding any diplomatic initiatives that could lead to the end of the war in Ukraine were welcome.

Reporting by Miranda Murray and Zuzanna Szymanska
Editing by Paul Carrel

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