Mr Scholz only had a six-hour layover in Berlin after returning from the Reykjavik summit, which focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel will be honoured with Germany’s Order of Merit with a special design on Monday, to be presented by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz underlined on Thursday his country’s support for Ukraine as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels.
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is backing a move that will have the government deport unsuccessful asylum applicants to their nations of origin.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced his government’s decision to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday.
Emergency forces have suspended the search for missing people after a Russian missile hit a high-rise residential building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
There are 56 participating finance ministers, 30 trade ministers and 19 central bank heads.
The summit on the Indonesian island of Bali was the first G20 leaders’ meeting since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February.
“It is unacceptable for one NATO member to question the sovereignty of another,” Mr Scholz said before a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens.
Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the late monarch, saying, “For many decades, Elizabeth II rightly enjoyed the love and respect of her subjects.”
