Polish Foreign Ministry says relations with Ukraine are "not the best"

He made the statement on the air of RMF FM.

The program touched upon the topic of Polish-Ukrainian relations. The host recalled that the Deputy Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "in connection with statements by representatives of the Ukrainian authorities." Jabłoński replied that there are many issues on which Poland and Ukraine "have not reached an agreement."

"The conversation will be very frank. It will be very specific, as always. We will convey our assessments of the current state of our relations, which, unfortunately, due to the statements of some representatives of the Ukrainian authorities recently, is not the best. No one is hiding this," Jabłoński said.

He believes that the recent developments are a result of "some emotions" emerging in Ukraine. Poland understands this, because the country is under attack from Russia, but, as Jabłoński says, "Ukraine should not attack its allies either."

"We are guided by the policy of Polish national interests. We support Ukraine to the extent that it is in line with Polish national interests. This has always been the case and will always be the case," the Polish Deputy Foreign Minister added.

Relations between Poland and Ukraine

In May, Poland's deputy foreign minister called for not looking for problems in relations with Ukraine, as this would benefit only Russia. 

On June 16, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine's accession to NATO. At the same time, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that it would be best if NATO formally invited Ukraine to join the Alliance at the Vilnius summit. 

 Also, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that he sees the post-war relations between Warsaw and Kyiv as a dialogue between two countries that are members of the EU and NATO.

Later, Polish President Andrzej Duda announced that in July 2023, Ukraine and Poland will hold a series of joint events to honor the victims of the Volyn tragedy that took place 80 years ago.

On Tuesday, August 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned Polish Ambassador Bartosz Cichocki because of the Minister of the Polish Chancellery's statements about the alleged ingratitude of Ukrainians for their assistance.

He noted that during the meeting, the Minister of the Office of the President of Poland, Marcin Przydacz, was told that statements about the alleged lack of gratitude of Ukrainians for the assistance provided by Poland were unacceptable. According to him, they are also untrue.

In response, Poland summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl Zvarych to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Ukraine had made a mistake when it summoned the country's ambassador to the Foreign Ministry.  He promised to "protect the good name of Poland and its security.”

At the same time, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for not letting the relations between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples be spoiled. He stated that politics sometimes tries to be above unity, and emotions above the fundamental interests of peoples. 

Polish political scientist Jakub Korejba said that for Poland, the most important security issue is the preservation of Ukraine's political stability and territorial integrity.