The President of Ukraine, who is in Denmark on Tuesday and Wednesday, will later speak in the Folketingsalen.
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, had an audience with King Frederik at Amalienborg on Wednesday morning, where Crown Prince Christian and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) also participated.
After this, the quartet is taken to Kastellet in Copenhagen. Here, among other things, an event will take place with representatives from the Armed Forces and the Danish defense industry.
A radar from the Danish company Weibel and Danish drones will be shown to the president.
It turned into a walk to Kastellet, and along the way you could hear Crown Prince Christian telling Zelenskyj that he occasionally runs at Kastellet.
Zelenskyj was also greeted by a number of former Danish defense ministers. Including Venstre chairman Troels Lund Poulsen and former Liberal chairman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen.
The current Minister of Defence, Jeppe Bruus (S), as well as Minister of Emergency Lisbeth Bech-Nielsen (SF), who has just been to Ukraine, were also present.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen (M), Pia Olsen Dyhr (SF) and Martin Lidegaard (R) were also present from the top of the government.
The Ukrainian president laid a wreath at the Monument for Denmark’s International Efforts after 1948.
Zelensky’s visit to Denmark was announced on Tuesday morning. During Tuesday, he stopped by the University of Copenhagen for a double interview with Mette Frederiksen and at Marienborg, the prime minister’s official residence, for a meeting with the Nordic heads of government.
– It is very difficult to defend Europe without strong partners, Zelenskyj said, among other things, on Tuesday.
It is the fifth time that Zelenskyj has visited Denmark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
According to the plan, Zelenskyj is to give a speech in the Folketingsalen at around 11:35 a.m.
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