Poland’s Tusk pledges quick end to friction as he visits Ukraine

Poland’s new Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in neighbouring Ukraine on Monday (January 22) to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, aiming to strengthen relations after months of political friction between the two wartime allies, Reuters reports.

 

Tusk’s government is exploring how to make more ammunition and military equipment as part of a new aid package for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said last week.

 

Warsaw has emerged as a key ally for Kyiv as it defends itself against Russia and seeks more financial and military support from Western partners. Poland has also taken in more than a million Ukrainian refugees.

 

Relations between the two had deteriorated in recent months amid blockades by Polish truckers at the border, which threatened to dent Ukraine’s GDP.

 

Tusk said his visit was also aimed “to solve problems as quickly as possible”.