Polish leaders meet to discuss situation in Ukraine

Poland’s president has met with the prime minister and senior cabinet members to review the situation in war-torn Ukraine and other security issues, according to officials.

Polish President Andrzej Duda (second from left) meets Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (third from right) and senior government ministers to discuss the situation in Ukraine, among other security issues, in Warsaw on Monday, August 29, 2022.

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Andrzej Duda hosted the meeting at his National Security Bureau (BBN) on Monday night, Polish state news agency PAP reported. 

Present at the get-together were Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński, as well as top military commanders, officials said. 

Wieczorem w @BBN_PL odbyło się spotkanie Prezydenta @AndrzejDuda z Premierem @MorawieckiM oraz @mblaszczak i @Kaminski_M_ poświęcone bieżącym sprawom bezpieczeństwa - m. in. sytuacji na Ukrainie, współpracy sojuszniczej, bezpieczeństwu energetycznym w wymiarze krajowym i UE. pic.twitter.com/42txD8C65S

— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) August 29, 2022

During the talks, which lasted more than two hours, Polish leaders spoke about “current security issues to do with the situation in Ukraine and cooperation with allies,” according to a statement by the BBN.

“Also under discussion was energy security on the national and European level,” reporters were told. 

Monday was day 187 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Source: IAR, PAP, wpolityce.pl