(2 Aug 2024)
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Cologne, Germany – 1 August 2024
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1. Wide of lectern of Federal Chancellery set up for statement of Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor, security vehicle driving along tarmac in the background
2. Plane believed to be carrying Germans and Russians freed in the prisoner swap arriving at Cologne Bonn airport
STORYLINE:
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed Germans and Russians freed in the prisoner swap to Germany and says he had “very moving” conversations with them.
A plane believed to be carrying those freed in the prisoner swap was filmed arriving at Cologne Bonn airport in Germany.
Scholz said after they landed late Thursday that “all arrived safe and sound” and they will undergo health checks in the coming days.
He said that “many did not expect this to happen now and are still full of the feelings that are connected with suddenly being free.” He added that “many feared for their health and their lives, that must be said very clearly.”
The 16 prisoners freed by Russia and Belarus included five German citizens, and the deal involved Germany deporting to Russia Vadim Krasikov, who was serving a life prison sentence for what judges concluded was a Russian state-ordered killing in Berlin in 2019.
Scholz said of the swap: “I think this is the right decision. And if you had any doubts, then you lose them after speaking with those who are now free.”
The German leader said it was “a special moment for me, a moment that certainly has also very much intensified the friendship between the U.S and Germany.”
AP video by Daniel Niemann
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