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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya talk to each other before a prayer at the central commemorative event to mark 35 years of peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya talk to each other before a prayer at the central commemorative event to mark 35 years of peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Berlin mayor Kai Werner attend a church service in the Chapel of Reconciliation on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi,pool)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Berlin mayor Kai Werner attend a church service in the Chapel of Reconciliation on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi,pool)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya talk to each other before a prayer at the central commemorative event to mark 35 years of peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya talk to each other before a prayer at the central commemorative event to mark 35 years of peaceful revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the Chapel of Reconciliation at the Berlin Wall Memorial, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People attend a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, centre, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, centre, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the grounds of the Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)