Poland "
supports Ukraine
" in the face of Russia, declared a collaborator of Polish President Andrzej Duda, commenting on the talks that the latter began on Thursday January 20 with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
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The subject of these conversations “
is obvious, it is the situation on the Ukrainian borders.
Russian provocations and escalation pose a huge security threat to much of the continent
,” PAP quoted PAP as saying.
"Ukraine deserves the full support of the Western world"
"
Poland supports Ukraine, Poland says very clearly that there will be no acceptance of Russia's aggressive policy and that it opposes concessions in this matter
," he said. he continued.
"
We believe that Ukraine deserves the full support of the Western world and NATO allies
," added Jakub Kumoch.
Talks began Thursday in Wisla, a health resort in southern Poland, and are due to continue late into the evening and into Friday.
They must allow "
full and complete coordination
" between the two states, said Jakub Kumoch.
Intense negotiations between Westerners and Moscow are continuing to try to defuse the crisis around Ukraine, without tangible results for the moment.
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Russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border, raising fears of an invasion.
While denying any plan of attack, the Kremlin insists that a de-escalation requires written guarantees for its security and would like to obtain NATO's commitment never to expand to Ukraine, which the Alliance Atlantic refuses outright.
Ukraine's Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014, and Donbass in eastern Ukraine has been embroiled in a war since the same year with pro-Russian separatists whose Kremlin is widely seen as the military and financial sponsor.