Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, called on Europe to not abandon Ukraine and “leave it at the mercy of Russia” just because it is not an EU member.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, on Sunday, told the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv that only Ukraine had the right to decide its future.
Ukraine should be granted the status of an EU candidate country as soon as possible, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said.
Over 80 percent of the Polish public appreciate the economic benefits of EU membership while 82 percent see its results in an improved situation on the labour market, according to a report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the lower house of Poland's parliament, the Sejm, called on EU institutions and member states to enable Ukraine to join the bloc as quickly as possible.
Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has said Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, told him that they will not withdraw from Kyiv and that they will defend the city with all their might.
The presidents of eight Central and Eastern European countries, including Poland, called on European Union member states to immediately grant Ukraine an EU candidate country status.
Poland's foreign minister has said that his country will do everything possible to assist Ukraine in its efforts to join the European Union.
Poland's permanent representative to the EU has told PAP that the signing, by the Ukrainian president, of a request for his country's EU membership “is a historic day, long awaited by Poles, Ukrainians and Europe."
The European Union should speed up Ukraine's path to membership, President Andrzej Duda said on Saturday.
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