Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and first lady arrive in Poland
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Poland for an official visit Wednesday.
Zelenskyy’s Press Secretary Serhii Nikiforov said on Facebook that the visit includes talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the “signing of bilateral documents” without giving further details.
The courtyard of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish President Andrzej Duda are due to make a joint speech there this evening.
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The Polish government released a statement in which it said the leaders will discuss security policy as well as “economic cooperation, political dialogue and historical issues.”
Zelenskyy will also meet with representatives of Polish business, lawmakers and volunteers and rescue workers, as well as with mayors of cities bordering Ukraine.
Zelenskyy and Duda are due to make a joint speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw this evening.
— Holly Ellyatt
Putin and Lukashenko set for talks in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko in Moscow on Wednesday and Thursday, with the deepening of defense ties on the agenda.
The leaders are due to discuss progress in developing the “Union State,” a union between Belarus and Russia aimed at deepening economic and defense cooperation, as well as “the security concept of the Union State,” Belarusian news agency BelTA reported.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (center), Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon (left), Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (second from left), Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Japarov (right) and Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko enter a hall of the State Russian Museum during an informal summit of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States in St. Petersburg on Dec. 27, 2022.
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