Polish FM slams President Duda over Ukraine concessions, compares him to Chamberlain
Photo: Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
The words of Polish President Andrzej Duda about Ukraine's concessions for peace are reminiscent of the position of former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. The former promoted a policy of appeasement with the Nazis, says Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski.
"I advise against President Duda volunteering to be the Chamberlain of this war," the Polish minister said.
Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the late 1930s. He became known for trying to avoid war with Adolf Hitler by making concessions.
In 1938, he signed the Munich Agreement, allowing Nazi Germany to seize part of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland), hoping that this would stop Hitler and bring peace.
What Duda said
Yesterday, April 24, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that peace between Ukraine and Russia should be reduced to the fact that neither side can declare victory.
In particular, he specified that Ukraine would have to make concessions in a certain sense.
He also added that the war could be ended only if the US exerts pressure.
This happened after Ukraine rejected the US idea of recognizing Crimea as Russian for the sake of peace. This position of Kyiv caused sharp dissatisfaction in Washington.
