Analyst: cancellation of the meeting Poroshenko with Duda - a bad sign for Kiev
Winning the presidential election in Poland Andrzej Duda did not want to meet with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in order not to escalate the conflict with Russia, says the head of the Ukrainian Center of system analysis and forecasting Rostislav Ishchenko.
before the Agency citing an informed source has informed that on Wednesday is scheduled to meet Poroshenko and Duda. But then it was announced that she would not be held, while the Polish side has relied on a tight schedule Duda, and among them is the visit to Brussels.
"The refusal of the meeting means at least attempt the new Polish leadership to walk away from unnecessary conflict. It is clear that in the end the relations of Poland with Russia in General will be politically contentious. But the new Polish government, I think, wishes to depart from a given Ukraine's tone of vulgar swearing in bilateral relations and to let go of the cold, But pragmatic relationship, " said Ishchenko Fins news .
According to his statement, " for the Ukrainian leadership is a bad signal, because, as if there were, the announced cancellation of the meeting is a diplomatic demarche ".
Ishchenko also suggested that at the current meeting Poroshenko tried to strengthen anti-Russian sentiment in the EU." It is clear that Poroshenko this meeting is necessary for one purpose only - this is another PR campaign, which he tried to apply for escalation of tensions in Ukrainian-Russian and European-Russian relations ", - said the expert.
Warsaw, however, said he currently is not interested in escalation of confrontation with Moscow." Poland ought to restore the normal pragmatic relations with Russia. In the end, sentences were introduced, and among them at the request of Poland, the Polish economy is suffering, " said Ishchenko.
The candidate from the opposition party "Law and justice" Duda elected as the new President of Poland last Sunday. According to official data, he got 51, 55% of the vote, the current President Bronislaw Komorowski - 48, 45%.
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