Duda complained about the ingratitude of Ukrainians: if you don’t like it, we close it and goodbye
10 July 06:09
Polish President Andrzej Duda has harshly criticized Ukraine and its Western allies, saying that Poland has every right to close access to its infrastructure if its interests are ignored. Duda said this in an interview cited by the Polsat News agency, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“I believe that there were issues where we could have shown a little bit that we cannot be bypassed or ignored. And we didn’t do that. And that was a mistake,” Duda said.
As an example, he cited the use of highways and the Ryashiv-Yasynka airport to transport weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine.
According to Duda, Ukraine and Western allies “simply believe that the airport and highways belong to them.”
“But it is not theirs. It is ours. Therefore, if someone does not like something, we close it and say goodbye <…> Yes, we are making repairs. We are closing the airport, and you deliver cargo to Ukraine by sea, by air, I don’t know, drop it with parachutes. Come up with something. Make it up if you think you don’t need us,” Duda added.
In addition, the Polish president expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Warsaw was not invited to a number of “very important” international forums where the issue of delivering goods to Ukraine through Polish territory was being discussed.
“I thought it was a scandal. And at some point I openly admit that in this aspect I blocked the conclusion of the NATO summit in Vilnius. We should not talk about this with Ukraine, only with our allies. We need to have the courage to talk to the Germans and Americans,” Duda said.
As a reminder, on June 28, Constitution Day, Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv on a farewell visit. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded Duda the Order of Freedom. But all this did not prevent the Polish president from signing a scandalous law on the Volyn tragedy on July 2.
Andrzej Duda has been president of Poland since 2015. He was president for two consecutive terms. Duda’s successor as president of Poland will be Karol Navrotsky. He is to take office on August 6.
