Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced a “ancient” joint customs keep an eye on with Poland on Sunday, stressing “harmony of Ukrainians and Poles is a continuing that nobody will ruin.”
“An answer has been reached this is revolutionizing the order on our border,” Zelensky mentioned all the way through his nightly video cope with. “We’re introducing joint customs keep an eye on with Poland. This may considerably accelerate border procedures. It’s going to take away lots of the corruption dangers. However it’s also the start of our integration into the average customs house of the Ecu Union. That may be a actually ancient procedure.”
Zelensky’s feedback got here at the heels of Polish President Andrzej Duda’s discuss with to Kyiv previous within the day. Duda additionally emphasised the harmony between the 2 international locations as he become the primary international chief because the Russian invasion to handle Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada.
Zelensky described Ukrainian-Polish members of the family as “in the end on a fully blank, honest foundation, with none quarrels and outdated struggle heritage. That is an success — the ancient success of our other people. And I would like the brotherhood between Ukrainians and Poles to be preserved eternally. As I mentioned it as of late in entrance of the deputies, our harmony of Ukrainians and Poles is a continuing that nobody will ruin.”
Zelensky additionally mentioned he signed a decree introducing a brand new award “to thank the ones towns of spouse international locations that experience helped essentially the most. And Rzeszow become the primary such town. The savior town. It’s honest to mention.”
The Ukrainian chief additionally introduced the preparation of a invoice that may reflect the regulation handed in Poland about Ukrainian voters who sought shelter in Poland and who “were legally given the similar alternatives as Poles.”
Just about 3.5 million Ukrainian refugees have entered Poland because the Russian invasion in February, making it via some distance the only biggest host country for other people fleeing the rustic, in step with the UN Top Commissioner for Refugees.
“It’s going to be the suitable gesture to cross this sort of regulation in Ukraine,” Zelensky mentioned. “Let or not it’s in order that the voters of Poland won’t ever have to make use of this sort of regulation. However allow us to display our gratitude and our recognize.”
The Ukrainian chief additionally mentioned he spoke with British High Minister Boris Johnson and “mentioned techniques to extend the amount of our exports, particularly agricultural merchandise. In addition to the amount of gas imports to Ukraine.”
