Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced the country's plans to produce ammunition for Ukraine.
Poland's new government is looking for ways to expand production ammunition and military equipment as it works on a new aid package for Ukraine.
This was stated by Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in Davos on January 17, Reuters reports.
Sikorsky signaled his intention to renew ties on a stronger basis by visiting Ukraine in December 2023, shortly after his appointment to the new government, which announced a new aid package for Kiev.
“We look at all issues related to Ukraine with new eyes,” Sikorsky told a Reuters journalist during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
According to him, negotiations are currently ongoing in the country on the production of ammunition and equipment.
Although Warsaw provided military and financial assistance to Kiev after the Russian invasion, the previous government of the nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS) said in late 2023 that it would only transfer weapons under pre-agreed agreements.< /p>
At the same time, Sikorski emphasized that Warsaw is looking for ways to produce more ammunition and military equipment in order to be able to send more military aid to Kyiv.
“We think and tell our allies that the cost of containing Mr. Putin after he conquers Ukraine will be far greater than the cost of ensuring Ukraine is effectively protected from his act of aggression,” he said .
Other statements by Sikorsky
Sikorski also welcomed the agreement under which Polish road hauliers agreed to suspend their protests, calling on the EU to restore a system it abandoned after the Russian invasion but which Polish hauliers said created unfair competition.
Sikorsky acknowledged that Ukraine and Poland, members of the EU and NATO, must continue to work to resolve the challenges.
“Poland should not be the country that bears most of the cost of solidarity with Ukraine on behalf of the entire European Union… the cost is inevitable, we accept it, but it should be borne more fairly,” the foreign minister said.
He approved a US plan to confiscate up to $300 billion in frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine.
“It is the aggressor who must pay for the damage caused to Ukraine,” he added.
We would like to add that the Polish Foreign Minister continued to note that Europe must mobilize its efforts. Radoslaw Sikorski spoke about the importance of increasing defense production by Ukraine's partner countries, because the tactical actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front to repel Russian aggression are unlikely to lead to the end of the war.
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