President Xi Jinping defended China’s trade ties with Russia during a meeting with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Beijing on Monday. Xi also said China’s position on the war in Ukraine was unchanged – to push for peace talks and seek a political settlement to the crisis, according to state broadcaster CCTV. “China opposes […]
Poland is open to hosting nuclear weapons from NATO allies, President Andrzej Duda said on Monday. Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Polish tabloid Fakt. “If there were a decision by our allies to deploy nuclear weapons within the nuclear sharing also on our territory in order to strengthen the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday in New York. The planned dinner meeting, confirmed by a person familiar with the matter, comes as European leaders prepare for the possibility that Trump might win the November election and return to the […]
President of Poland Andrzej Duda supports the idea of a meeting between the Ukrainian and Polish governments with representatives of the European Commission to resolve the crisis at the border, says Andrzej Dera, the State Secretary of the Office of the Polish Head of State. Source: European Pravda, citing TVN24, a Polish 24-hour commercial news […]
Ukraine must fully regain its territorial integrity, including temporarily occupied Crimea, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated on Polish Radio on Feb. 5. Duda misspoke about Ukraine’s prospects for liberating Crimea and is now clarifying his belief that Ukraine must reassert control over all its internationally recognized territories. Read also: Poland’s President Duda clarifies his total […]
Ukraine must fully regain its territorial integrity, including temporarily occupied Crimea, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated on PolishRadio on Feb. 5. Duda misspoke about Ukraine’s prospects for liberating Crimea and is now clarifying his belief that Ukraine must reassert control over all its internationally recognized territories. Read also: Duda warns of Putin forming ‘coalition of […]
After Polish politicians criticized President Andrzej Duda for doubting Ukraine’s ability to regain Crimea from Russia on Feb. 3, he issued a clarification. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stressed that Warsaw recognizes Ukraine’s independence within its internationally recognized borders. “They have been repeatedly confirmed by the Russian Federation: starting with the Treaty of Nov. 19, 1990, the Budapest Memorandum of Dec. 5, 1994, […]
Polish President Andrzej Duda cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to reclaim Russian-occupied Crimea in an interview with the Polish channel Kanał Zero on Feb. 2. Duda also weighed in on the prospect of Moscow launching attacks on other countries, emphasizing the crucial need for continued Western support to Kyiv. “If Russia maintains control over Ukrainian territories, it will be a […]
Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with YouTube Channel Zero on Feb. 2 that he believes Ukraine will be able to retake Russian-occupied territories in the Donbas region but voiced uncertainty about the liberation of Crimea. This prompted reactions from the Ukrainian ambassador and Polish government officials, who reaffirmed their commitment to Ukraine’s […]
Vladimir Putin has decided to “set the world on fire,” President of Poland Andrzej Duda said during the Ukrainian Breakfast event in Davos on Jan. 18. “I’m absolutely sure that we can say, 30 years after the Soviet Union collapsed, that now we are witnessing the rebirth of Russian imperialism in its bloodthirsty version,” the […]
Although Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO during wartime, the accession process should begin now, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Jan. 16 during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Davos. “During the war, [accession] is not possible, but I believe that Ukraine should receive an invitation to NATO, which would launch […]
Polish President Andrzej Duda is convening an urgent meeting because of an “unknown object” that was spotted in the country’s airspace during Russia’s massive missile attack on Ukraine on Dec. 29, the President’s Office press team reported. The head of state will meet with the defense minister, chief of the general staff, and other military officers. The meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. local time […]