Statement from the Council of Ministers of the GDR

24 May 2022

Today, Chairwoman Katja Kipping of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic received Gennady Andreevich Zyugonov, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, for bilateral talks in East Berlin. This is only Comrade Zyuganov's second visit to the GDR since 1996.

Upon arrival in the Capital of the GDR, the Communist Party delegation joined GDR government officials for a wreath laying ceremony at the Soviet War Memorial, in
Treptower Park. Meetings will be held at the Palace of the Republic beginning at 10:00 AM, until the two sides break for lunch at 1:15 PM. A state dinner will then be held this evening, at the Palace of the Republic.

Tomorrow, General Secretary Zyuganov and Chairwoman Kipping will begin touring the factories and towns of the German Democratic Republic, as meetings will continue to be held between the delegations of the GDR and the CC KPRF throughout the day in East Berlin. The KPRF delegation will return to Moscow in the evening of 26 May.