Nausėda calls on Poland and Ukraine to return to bilateral dialogue: only Russia is interested in the conflict

“Recently, we have seen that the statements are getting more and more heated, they are becoming mutual. I asked my colleagues to stop escalating the situation, to try to stabilize it at the beginning, and later to return to normal dialogue on a bilateral basis, to try to look at this issue constructively”, G. Nausėda told LNK television on Monday, after meeting with both Poland and Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. the president.

According to the Lithuanian leader, the West is not interested in this conflict.
“We all want the same thing – Ukraine’s victory in the war against Russia as soon as possible. Who is interested in the conflict? The only subject is the Russian Federation. Well, maybe Belarus, but I no longer treat it separately,” said the President of Lithuania.

ELTA reminds that the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki declared last week that he would not arm Ukraine and would focus on his own defense needs. However, the next day, Polish President Andrzej Duda assured that his statement was misunderstood.

As a dispute over Ukrainian grain exports escalated, Poland summoned Ukraine’s ambassador to protest President Volodymyr Zelensky’s comments at the United Nations after the Ukrainian leader said some countries were only pretending to support Kyiv. This offended Warsaw, which has been one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters since Russia’s all-out invasion began in 2022. in February

The tension between Warsaw and Kyiv was fueled by Poland’s decision to ban grain imports from Ukraine. Warsaw took such a step to protect Polish farmers.

Grain is a sensitive topic in Poland as the country faces elections next month. The current right-wing government has strong support from the farming regions.

The European Commission (EC) agreed in May this year to limit grain exports to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in order to protect farmers who claimed that the corresponding imports were driving down prices on local markets. After this decision, food products continued to transit through the territory of these countries, but were no longer sold on the local market.

Although the EC indicated a few weeks ago that it was halting the import ban, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia immediately announced that they would oppose it. Kyiv, for its part, responded by announcing that it would file a complaint for the World Trade Organization (WTO).