Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelensky arrived in Warsaw on Wednesdaywhere he will meet his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Dudaand with the prime minister of the country, Mateusz Morawiecki, and is expected to deliver a speech in the afternoon public speech in the Plaza del Castillo.
Its about Ukrainian leader’s first official trip to Poland from the start of the russian invasionin February 2022, although in recent months he made some brief stays in the neighboring country, without prior announcement, as well as some technical stops in Polish territory.
The head of the office of the Polish president, Marcin Przydaczconfirmed to television TVN the arrival of Zelensky in Poland, one of the great Western allies of Ukraine against the Russian invasion war.
The Ukrainian leader will hold high-level meetings with morawiecki and with Duda, with whom he will intervene late in the afternoon in the Plaza del Castillo.
There he is expected to meet with Ukrainians residing in Poland, the member of the European Union (EU) which has welcomed the most refugees from the invaded country since the Russian aggression.
The presidential spokesman had advanced in a first information about the visit that “everyone will be able to see” the president of Ukraine in that place, where giant screens will be installed and a massive attendance is expected.
“It will be a very special visitPrzydacz commented.
Zelensky has been to Poland several times in the past year, however these were unannounced trips.
przydack also reported last Monday that Poland had already transferred to Ukraine a first consignment of the MiG-29 fighters promised to kyivalthough without specifying how many units.
Duda himself had announced in mid-March that his country would deliver 4 of those Soviet-made combat aircraft while preparing or reviewing other units to be transferred later.
This announcement was followed by that of Slovakia, a country that is expected to deliver another 13 of these aircraft.
In addition to talks on security and the course of the war, Ukrainian president is expected to discuss economic cooperation issues with Polish authorities and the importation of Ukrainian cereals to Poland.
On February 10, Zelensky met with Duda in the Polish city of Rzeszów (east), converted into the logistics point of the shipment of arms and supplies to Ukraine from Poland.
Since the start of the invasion, Zelensky has made very few visits abroad. His first visit abroad was in December, when he traveled to the United States, while in February he was in London, Paris and Brussels.
(With information from EFE)
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