Germany's Scholz to attend D-Day 80th anniversary events in Normandy

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands at the telephone counseling stand at the German Catholic Congress in Erfurt. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands at the telephone counseling stand at the German Catholic Congress in Erfurt. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to attend a commemoration next Thursday of the Allied D-Day landings of troops in German-occupied France during World War II, a spokesman confirmed.

Scholz will join the event at Omaha Beach in Normandy in the north of France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Wolfgang Büchner, the deputy spokesman for Scholz's government, said on Friday.

Allied soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland and France landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, despite fierce resistance from Nazi German troops.

US President Joe Biden is also expected in France to mark the 80th anniversary.

Macron did not invite any representatives from the Russian government to attend the D-Day anniversary events because of Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.