UK and Poland ministers in Warsaw NATO talks
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John Beauchamp
29.07.2014 13:53
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UK and Poland ministers in Warsaw NATO talks. Sławek Szefs reports.
Periodical consultations of foreign and defence ministers of Poland and the UK have been regularly held since October 2010 when the ‘four’ first met in London.
From left: UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Defence Minister Michael Fallon, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak during the Polish-British bi-lateral ministerial meeting. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak
As Slawek Szefs reports, the latest such meeting, on Monday, concerned preparations to the September planned NATO summit in Wales and stronger visibility of the Alliance on the Eastern flank.
However, the issues most strongly voiced by ministers Radoslaw Sikorski, Tomasz Siemoniak, Philip Hammond and Michael Fallon were EU actions vis-a-vis Russia in connection with the situation in eastern Ukraine and the tragedy of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
“There will be further costs that they will incur. [This will mean] further damage to the Russian economy through sanctions,” said Foreign Secretary Hammond.