Zelenskyy holds first call with Tusk after Polish elections: Key topics revealed
Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. They discussed the elections in Poland, Russia's war against Ukraine, and Ukraine's accession to the EU.
"It is important that Poland remains a reliable partner and friend. Much depends on our unity, shared position, and coordinated actions – especially when it comes to security," Zelenskyy says.
Zelenskyy added that honoring historical memory is an important issue in Ukrainian-Polish relations, and both sides are working on it.
Zelenskyy told Tusk about his conversation with US President Donald Trump and European leaders, and the preparation of the next steps. The President emphasized that pressure on Russia in response to the prolongation of the war should be tangible.
"We also coordinated positions regarding the necessity to open the first negotiation clusters under Poland’s Presidency of the EU. Ukraine, for its part, has done everything necessary and deserves it," he added.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk joined the initiators of the Coalition of the Willing. It is headed by French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Elections in Poland
On Sunday, May 18, the first round of the presidential election in Poland took place. According to preliminary polls, the favorites were Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, head of the National Memory Institute Karol Nawrocki, and representative of the far-right Confederation Slawomir Mentzen.
Trzaskowski, who received over 31% of the vote, and Nawrocki, with 29.54% of the vote, made it to the second round.
Recently, Nawrocki said that he was ready to withdraw his support for Ukraine's accession to NATO in exchange for Mentzen's political support.
