On Wednesday, 7 January, a Government delegation led by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk is off on a two-day official visit to Berlin at the invitation of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The delegation comprises Minister of Finance of Ukraine Natalia Jaresko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin and Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine Andriy Kobolev.

In Berlin, the Prime Minister of Ukraine is scheduled to meet with the Federal President of Germany Joachim Gauck, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as with representatives of German business and financial circles. On 8 January, the Prime Minister will speak in the German Association of Foreign Policy.

The delegation has flown by plane; the format of the visit provides for the costs of the stay of the official delegation in Berlin at the expense of the receiving party.