Ukraine’s Zelenskyy awards Order of Freedom to Polish President Andrzej Duda

President Duda arrived in Kyiv on Saturday morning for an unannounced go to, the Polish President’s Workplace stated on social media.
Ukrainian International Minister Andriy Sibiha stated the programme of the go to would come with a gathering with Zelenskyy and collaborating in Ukraine’s Structure Day celebrations.
“President Duda stood by Ukraine’s aspect in essentially the most troublesome instances of Russia’s full-scale aggression,” Ukraine’s Minister of International Affairs Andrii Sybiha wrote in a put up on Platform X. Sybiha praised Duda as a “true buddy of Ukraine”.
“We’re grateful to him and all Poles who’ve proven true solidarity with Ukraine,” he added.
The Workplace of the President of the Republic of Poland additionally stated that President Duda attended the celebration of Ukraine’s Structure Day because the Visitor of Honour.
Through the ceremony, President Duda was honoured with the very best Ukrainian ornament a citizen of a international nation can obtain, the Order of Freedom.
In keeping with a decree printed on the web site of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine, Duda acquired this ornament “for excellent private deserves in strengthening Ukrainian-Polish worldwide cooperation” and “supporting the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”
The Polish Inside Ministry additionally prolonged its needs on the event of Ukraine’s Structure Day in a message printed on X.
“We categorical solidarity with Ukraine, particularly in view of its heroic wrestle for freedom and independence. We hope that the democratic values, that are the inspiration of Ukraine’s structure, will be restored as quickly as attainable within the at present occupied Ukrainian lands,” the ministry wrote.
That is the Polish president’s farewell go to to Kyiv forward of the tip of his time period in August. President Duda, together with the presidents of the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia), visited Ukraine on the eve of the invasion in 2022, and once more final August, when he took half within the celebrations for the thirty third anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.
In August, Duda will full his second time period as president of Poland. President-elect Karol Nawrocki has said that he stays dedicated to serving to Ukraine’s defence efforts, however opposes Kyiv becoming a member of Western alliances similar to NATO.