German FM to visit Odesa as a leg of his Ukrainian tour

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk welcomes the Ukrainian visit of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

"I am grateful for your visit to Ukraine and wish you a good trip to Odesa," Yatseniuk told the German foreign minister at a press conference held at the Boryspil airport on Tuesday morning.

Steinmeier will meet with Ukrainian interim President, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov in Kyiv later on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a Ukrainian government delegation led by Prime Minister Yatseniuk will visit Brussels on Tuesday to attend a plenary meeting with the board of the European Commission.