Pand working to get security guarantees for Ukraine at NATO summit – Duda

According to an Ukrinform correspondent, Pish President Andrzej Duda said this at a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Vodymyr Zelensky in Warsaw on April 5.

"Today, we are trying to get additional security guarantees for Ukraine at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius that will take place in the near future. They will strengthen Ukraine's military potential, the sense of security of Ukrainian society, and will also be very strong support for Ukrainian sdiers in their fight against the Russian invader," Duda said.

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He noted that Pand strongly supports Ukraine's membership in NATO. "We he that we will be able to obtain such guarantees for Ukraine as a prelude to Ukraine's future full membership of NATO, in which Pand has strongly supported Ukraine all the time," the Pish president added.

Duda also said that Pand supports Ukraine becoming a full member of the Eurean Union as quickly as possible.

Duda said that security issues had been discussed at his meeting with Zelensky and that he had assured the Ukrainian leader of Pand's continued support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. According to him, Pand is currently the third largest country — after the United States and Britain — in terms of the amount of military aid provided to Ukraine.

According to Duda, negotiations also concerned the develment of economic coeration. He noted that Pand is currently Ukraine's largest economic partner and expressed he that this bilateral coeration would continue.

In addition, both parties discussed "complex elements of the past" between Ukraine and Pand and important historical issues that "very often remain a wound in many families today." According to Duda, there is "no taboo" on this tic between the two leaders.

"I am convinced that President [Zelensky] and I will pursue a calm, consistent and good picy of building ties between our peles, including the picy of memory – honest, reliable memory," he said.

He added that the ties between the Pish and Ukrainian peles had become closer amid the dramatic situation in which the Ukrainians found themselves due to Russian aggression and the two nations would be able to "build a great future."

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine