Poland is determined to support Ukraine despite the “cracks” in relations and sees no alternative to this course. According to WP sources, Morawiecki’s statements only reflect the tension at that moment.
After Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s statement to stop arms shipments to Ukraine, rumors began in the media that there was a deep crack in the relations between the allies. The fight over Ukrainian grain exports has escalated sharply, “driving a wedge between Kiev and one of its strongest supporters in the fight against the Russian occupation,” the Washington Post reported on Thursday, September 21.
Poland is Ukraine’s sixth-largest military donor and has hosted more than 1.5 million refugees, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sparked outrage in Warsaw by implying in a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that Poland was playing into Russia’s hands by playing a “grain thriller”.
On Wednesday, September 20, Poland summoned Ukraine’s ambassador to Warsaw in response to Zelensky’s speech. Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a “strong protest” was expressed by Poland to the Ukrainian president’s remarks that some EU countries were feigning solidarity and indirectly supporting the Russian aggressor.
On Thursday, a senior White House official downplayed the dispute as a “short-term election campaign” in comments to the Washington Post.
“I know some people think that the Prime Minister’s words may be a reflection that the union is finally breaking down, and I see no evidence of that at any level. We have seen a strong determination in Poland to stay the course,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the diplomatic situation. “They see no alternative ” said.
The American official also emphasized that Morawiecki’s words “are a reflection that at the end of the day we are all human and there are moments of tension and frustration, but this does not mean that there will be a sharp change in unity.” “The fundamental position of the alliance, and even Poland, is the determination to support Ukraine as long as necessary.”
Let us recall that on September 21, a Sejm deputy said that Poland could restart arms supplies to Ukraine.
Focus has previously written about the “grain of contention” between Warsaw and Kiev and why Poland is against Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
Source: Focus
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