Schroeder Is Invited to D-Day Commemoration
From Times Wire Reports
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will become the first German leader to attend a commemoration of the 1944 D-day landings in June, after being invited by France.
Ten years ago, Paris did not ask Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the high-profile 50th anniversary. French President Jacques Chirac’s invitation marks a gesture of reconciliation contrasting with that apparent snub.
“Mr. Chirac invited the chancellor before Christmas,” a German government spokesman said in Berlin, adding that Schroeder had immediately accepted.
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