Surprise visit to kyiv of three European ministers

Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Heads of Government met with President Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm their support for Ukraine.

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Tuesday, March 15, the Prime Ministers Polish, Czech and Slovenian as well as Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the President of the PIS – the Poland Party -, went to kyiv by train to reaffirm their unwavering support to the Prime Minister and Ukrainian President.

“It is here in kyiv, ravaged by the war, that the story is being done. It is here that freedom faces the world of tyranny. It is here that our Future. The European Union supports Ukraine, who can count on the help of his friends, “said Twitter, shortly after 6 pm, while he arrived at kyiv, Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Prime Minister. On the photos illustrating the tweet, we see the old banker in a wagon of another time, in the company of his Slovenian counterparts, Janez Jansa, and Czech, Petr Fiala, and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Security and strong man of Poland.

At this Kiievian meeting, headed by the Polish Government, Mateusz Morawiecki reaffirmed that the European Union (EU) had to invite Ukraine to join it and that it would be necessary to provide him with ” Defensive weapons “. Dean of the evening, Jaroslaw Kaczynski called him, to the sending of a “NATO peace mission, or possibly a greater international alliance, in a position to defend himself”.

“A strong sign of solidarity”

The rail convoy, which had shakeed Tuesday morning from the Polish city of Przemysl around 8:30, had been kept secret. Announced the morning even by a press release from the Chancellery of Prime Minister Polish, he had been pointed out that the interested parties went to kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as the Prime Minister, Denys Chmyhal, “as a representatives of the European Council “. The same communiqué added that “the visit was organized in consultation with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen”.

In Brussels, we denied any mandate from the European Council. An official explained, Tuesday noon, that the decision on the trip of the three leaders had been communicated to the President of the Council on Monday night. “President Michel acknowledged the need to support Ukraine, but highlighted the safe risk of such a trip. No mandate of the Council and no conclusion were formally adopted by the twenty-seven”, explained. he. “The President of the European Commission has regular contact with President Zelansky and it is not up to us to pronounce on other channels. To each determine the most appropriate channel for communication with the Ukrainian president”, had declared more diplomatically Eric Male, the Chief Spokesman of the Commission.

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