Eberhard Sommerfeld
Neues Deutschland
POTSDAM -- General Secretary Leopold von Kaulbach along with Foreign Minister Wilhelm Knirsch is to visit the Soviet capital of Moscow this weekend to meet with fellow Soviet General Secretary Artem Zhidkov. Both von Kaulbach and Knirsch are expected to arrive at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport after departing from Berlin Schönefeld Airport earlier this afternoon. From there, they will be escorted in a motorcade to the Kremlin to meet with General Secretary Zhidkov and the Soviet Foreign Minister.
Both von Kaulbach and Zhidkov are expected to hold talks on Saturday following a tour of the Kremlin complex. The expected topics include the diplomatic relations between the German Democratic Republic and it's trusted ally, the Soviet Union. Among the others include talks over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline expansion. The main pipeline begins at the Leningrad Oblast in Vyborg, runs through the Baltic Sea, and runs into the city of Greifswald in the GDR. This pipeline expansion between the USSR and GDR has received considerable opposition from some Western Europe nations for the most part.
Following the expected talks between both General Secretaries are over, both will hold a televised news conference broadcast both by Deutscher Fernsehfunk in the GDR and CT USSR Programme One in the Soviet Union. Several Western media groups are expected to cover the news conference as well. Following the planned news conference, the General Secretary is expected to leave Moscow on Sunday evening and return to Berlin the following night.