Pres. Komorowski in Ukraine
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
09.04.2015 15:04
-
Pres. Komorowski in Ukraine
President Bronisław Komorowski paid a two-day visit to Ukraine, where he spoke to the Verkhovna Rada and attended a memorial ceremony at the cemetery in Bykovnia within observations of the 75th anniversary of the Katyń massacre.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (3-L) and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski (2-L) attend a commemoration ceremony at the mass grave of Poles executed in 1937-1940 by the Red Army, in Bykovnia near Kiev, Ukraine, 09 April 2015. Photo: PAP/EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
As Elżbieta Krajewska reports, in Kiev, President Komorowski made an address to the Ukrainian assembly in the presence of President Poroshenko and PM Areseniy Yatsenyuk.
Speaking in Kiev at the start of his visit on Wednesday, President Komorowski announced that Poland would be ready to participate in a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. Such a mission – as he noted – would still need authorisation from the United Nations Security Council.
“We assume that a solution based on non-engaged countries is possible, but were there to be a different decision, Poland would not shrink from participation in an operation of this kind,” he said. Kiev is lobbying for a UN mission, which the Ukrainian side sees as an optimal solution.