British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will arrive in Berlin today for his first official visit in Germany for the 18 months since he has been in power, DPA and BTA reported.
The main subject of the planned talks with his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, will be military aid to Ukraine and the war in Gaza. The question of the controversial British pact with Rwanda for the relocation of asylum seekers, which was approved yesterday by the Parliament in London, will also probably be discussed.
Although Britain has not been a member of the EU for more than four years, it remains one of Germany's most important allies in NATO, the G7 and the G20, DPA notes. Along with Berlin, London is one of the main European arms suppliers to Ukraine and has just pledged to provide Kiev with significant new military aid.
In the Middle East, the British Air Force, unlike Germany, has recently been involved in the defense against a major Iranian attack on Israel.
Britain's pact with Rwanda for asylum seekers has drawn much attention and criticism in the federal republic. It envisages that migrants arriving in Britain without regular documents could be immediately deported to the East African country and wait there while their asylum claims are processed.
In Germany, some voices from the opposition were also heard, calling for the examination of the applications of migrants for international protection in the federal republic to take place in countries outside the EU.