US President Joe Biden is visiting Poland this Monday, on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to try to strengthen the coalition backing Kiev.
In Poland, a country bordering Ukrainian territory, Biden will meet his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, “to discuss bilateral cooperation and collective efforts to support Ukraine and strengthen NATO’s deterrence capabilities,” he said in the White paper. House when he announced the move.
The visit, scheduled until Wednesday, also aims to ensure the continuation of billions of dollars in economic and military aid to Ukraine at a time when Russia is expected to plan a new offensive.
Biden will also be present with representatives of the Bucharest 9 Group, which brings together Eastern European countries that are members of the Atlantic Alliance (Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia).
Biden is expected to deliver a speech in Warsaw on Tuesday in which he will reiterate that the United States will support Ukraine “for as long as it takes,” the White House said.
Biden visited Poland a few weeks after the large-scale Russian invasion of February 24, 2022 and received Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington in December.during what was the Ukrainian leader’s first visit abroad since the start of the war.
Source: DN
