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Polish President attends fall of Berlin Wall anniversary events

President Andrzej Duda said during the ceremony that on this day people remember the iron curtain which, in a symbolic way, fell with the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Leszek Szymański/PAP

Polish President Andrzej Duda is taking part in events marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the German capital on Saturday.

President Duda to attend Berlin Wall anniversary

President Andrzej Duda will take part in events marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany, on Saturday, at the invitation of the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier .

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