Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, to hold an urgent meeting between the governments of both countries over a blockade at his country's western border by Polish farmers.
Zelenskyy also asked President Andrzej Duda to support the talks, which he would like to take place at the Polish-Ukrainian border before the coming anniversary of Russia’s invasion of his country this Saturday.
This is a matter of national security, he added.
“I instructed our government to be at the border of our states as soon as possible until February 24. And I ask you, Donald, Mr. Prime Minister, also to come to the border. Andrzej, Mister President, I ask you to support this dialogue,” Zelenskyy said in a video recording posted on his website and on social media.
In the same message, Zelenskyy also appealed to the European Commission to send its representative to the border meeting “for the sake of common interests and to end political manipulation.”
“Enough of Moscow on our lands. Enough of misunderstandings,” he said.
Polish farmers have been continuing their weeks-long protests on the border with Ukraine against the inflow of goods from Ukraine, which they say has made their agricultural production unprofitable.
This is a matter of national security, he added.
“I instructed our government to be at the border of our states as soon as possible until February 24. And I ask you, Donald, Mr. Prime Minister, also to come to the border. Andrzej, Mister President, I ask you to support this dialogue,” Zelenskyy said in a video recording posted on his website and on social media.
He said that the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border is jeopardizing the supply of weapons to Ukrainian soldiers on the front.In light of the situation on the Ukrainian-Polish border, I would like to address everyone who remembers the full meaning of the word "solidarity." The word that transformed our entire Europe's history for the better. This was the case. And, in many ways, it still is.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 21, 2024
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In the same message, Zelenskyy also appealed to the European Commission to send its representative to the border meeting “for the sake of common interests and to end political manipulation.”
“Enough of Moscow on our lands. Enough of misunderstandings,” he said.
Polish farmers have been continuing their weeks-long protests on the border with Ukraine against the inflow of goods from Ukraine, which they say has made their agricultural production unprofitable.
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