Zelenskyy ready to meet Polish president once invitation is received

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is ready to travel to Poland for his first meeting with his counterpart Karol Nawrocki once he receives an official invitation.

Source: Zelenskyy during an online briefing for media outlets following meetings in London on 8 December, as reported by European Pravda

Details: When asked about the prospects for his first meeting with Nawrocki, Zelenskyy replied that he would "be pleased to meet him" and that during a phone conversation he had thanked him for Poland's support, invited him to Ukraine and suggested choosing a convenient date.

"I recently heard media reports saying that he had invited me. Well, probably for me to come, I need a date. And then, if the president – officially, unofficially, however he wants – invites me and proposes a date, I will certainly pay an official visit to Poland. It is important to me," he said.

Background:

• In September and October, signals from the Ukrainian side suggested that a Zelenskyy-Nawrocki meeting was being prepared and could take place in the coming weeks, but nothing further happened.
• At the end of October, Marcin Przydacz, Head of the International Policy Bureau of the Polish President's Chancellery, said that Zelenskyy should go to Warsaw if he wanted a meeting with Nawrocki.
• In early December, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that Zelenskyy should request a meeting with Nawrocki.

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