Polish president to talk support for Ukraine with Czech leaders

Poland’s president is visiting Prague on Wednesday to discuss assistance to war-torn Ukraine with top Czech politicians.

Polish President Andrzej Duda boards a plane for a visit to the Czech Republic, at Rzeszów Airport in southeastern Poland, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

PAP/Radek Pietruszka

Andrzej Duda will hold a private meeting with his Czech counterpart Miloš Zeman, followed by talks with Prime Minister Petr Fiala, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

Dziś (27.04) Prezydent @AndrzejDuda złoży wizytę roboczą w Republice Czeskiej.

11.00 Spotkanie z Prezydentem Republiki Czeskiej Milošem Zemanem

11.45 Rozmowy plenarne delegacji

12.30 Oświadczenia Prezydentów

13.30 Spotkanie Prezydenta z Premierem Republiki Czeskiej @P_Fiala pic.twitter.com/n5DYsuZCVj

— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) April 27, 2022

The Polish and Czech leaders are set to speak about coordinating humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, according to officials. 

Both countries have been at the forefront of helping Poland’s embattled eastern neighbour, reporters were told.

Meeting with UN chief

Duda is travelling to Prague after a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres .

Spotkanie Prezydenta @AndrzejDuda z Sekretarzem Generalnym @UN @antonioguterres w Rzeszowie. pic.twitter.com/CE1kMOB96f

— Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) April 26, 2022

Guterres stopped in Poland in between his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and a visit to Kyiv for a meeting with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, officials told reporters.

As well as discussing the UN chief’s trip to Moscow, Duda assured Guterres that “Poland is ready to support the UN’s humanitarian efforts” in Ukraine, according to the Polish president’s foreign policy aide, Jakub Kumoch.   

Wednesday is day 63 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Source: IAR, PAP, prezydent.pl