OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier welcomes the release of Nadiya Savchenko
Nadiya Savchenko alongside her sister Vera Savchenko at Boryspil International airport outside Kyiv, 25 May 2016. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich) Photo details
BERLIN, 25 May 2016 - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today welcomed the release of the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko.
“I am glad and relieved that the Nadiya Savchenko has been released at last and that she can now return to her family in Ukraine,” Steinmeier said. “This is good news for which we have long worked to bring about and for which we nevertheless had to wait a long time. I offer my best wishes for a speedy recovery to Ms. Savchenko. Our thoughts are with her and her family. I hope and wish that today’s exchange will help build trust between Ukraine and Russia, thus providing the Minsk process with positive momentum.”