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Ukraine PM to Attend Poland Forum Amid Diplomatic Row; Zelenskyy Skips Event
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Ukraine PM to Attend Poland Forum Amid Diplomatic Row; Zelenskyy Skips Event

From Veฤernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko will attend a reconstruction forum in Poland instead of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to mitigate diplomatic tensions.
  • The forum aims to secure reconstruction contracts for Polish companies and strengthen bilateral economic cooperation.
  • The diplomatic dispute stems from a Ukrainian military unit named after a WWII nationalist group responsible for massacres of Poles.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko will lead the Ukrainian delegation to a crucial reconstruction forum in Poland, a move aimed at de-escalating a diplomatic spat between the two nations. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend the event, scheduled for June 23-24 in Gdaล„sk.

Sviridenko stated on Telegram that the delegation's mission is to secure concrete agreements that will bolster Ukraine's defense capabilities and resilience, while also expanding economic cooperation. Ukraine anticipates signing several agreements with foreign partners, particularly focusing on rebuilding its energy infrastructure, which has been heavily damaged by Russian attacks.

Our delegation has a clear mission: to secure concrete agreements that will strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities and resilience, and at the same time expand economic cooperation with our partners.

โ€” Yulia SviridenkoThe Ukrainian Prime Minister outlining the goals for the reconstruction conference in Poland.

The decision for Zelenskyy to skip the conference follows a significant diplomatic row. The dispute ignited after a unit within the Ukrainian military adopted the name of a nationalist brigade implicated in the massacre of Poles during World War II. In response, Polish President Andrzej Duda rescinded the highest state honor previously awarded to Zelenskyy, prompting former Ukrainian presidents and officials to return their Polish state decorations.

Despite the tensions, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has sought to ease the situation, highlighting the extensive preparations for the conference, including around 200 potential agreements. Tusk emphasized that the reconstruction efforts, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would benefit Polish companies operating in Ukraine post-war, underscoring the mutual interest in continuing this collaboration.

We are talking about hundreds of billions of dollars, and this is not Polish money. This will also be money that Polish companies will spend in Ukraine after the war ends. It is in Poland's and Ukraine's interest that this cooperation continues.

โ€” Donald TuskPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussing the economic implications of the reconstruction efforts.
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Originally published by Veฤernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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