Foreign Minister Baerbock has meanwhile arrived in Warsaw. Upon her arrival, she pledged assistance to Poland and all of Central and Eastern Europe in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. “We will be there for you, just as you were there for us when we needed you most,” said the Green politician at a celebration of the German embassy in the Polish capital of Warsaw on German Unity Day. “Because the security of Eastern Europe is Germany’s security. You can rely on that,” she called out to the guests from Poland.
Baerbock did not directly address the Polish request for compensation. But she emphasized that Germany and Poland are forever connected. “What we have is a friendship of the heart between millions of people, a friendship and partnership that is stronger than political disagreements.” This friendship has to be worked on again and again, “no matter how challenging it may be sometimes,” she said.
The meeting with her counterpart Zbigniew Rau is scheduled for Tuesday.
Source: dpa