“I want to thank all of Poland for your invaluable support and for your solidarity that contributes to defending the freedom of all of Europe,” Zelensky said in the city of Lublin, where he met with volunteers. Present with any Polish leader.
Zelensky, who was returning from a visit to the United States and Canada, was accompanied by Polish journalist Blanka Zalewska and volunteer Damian Duda.
The Ukrainian president was quoted as saying: “I am proud that Ukraine has such a strong neighbor. I want to thank. I want to thank the entire Polish nation, all the people who opened their homes and families from the first days and helped.” By PAP Agency.
“I believe that any challenge on our common path is nothing compared to the fact that there is so much strength between our peoples,” he added.
Relations between Kiev and Warsaw, one of Ukraine’s main allies, are going through a complicated moment after the Polish government’s decision, which is three weeks away from holding elections, to extend restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products under the pretext of protection. The interests of Polish farmers.
Last Monday, Ukraine filed a complaint against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, countries that made the same decision, before the World Trade Organization.
In an intervention before the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Zelensky, on Tuesday, criticized countries that pretend to be supportive, but in fact favor the Kremlin with their actions, statements that sparked anger in Warsaw.
The meeting, which was supposed to take place on the sidelines of the General Assembly between Zelensky and Polish President Andrzej Duda, was officially canceled for agenda reasons.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki later announced that his country would stop supplying Ukraine with new weapons, and would limit itself to delivering previously agreed-upon weapons and focusing on modernizing its armed forces.
