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Poland backs Armenia's EU ambitions as leaders meet in Warsaw

27.02.2026 09:20
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged his country's support for Armenia's European Union membership aspirations, following talks with Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan in Warsaw.
Polands Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan (left) address reporters in Warsaw, 26 February 2026.
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (right) and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan (left) address reporters in Warsaw, 26 February 2026.Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

The leaders met on Thursday, a date coinciding with the 34th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, to discuss bilateral trade and investment, EU support for Armenia and regional security.

"Poland was, is and will be an advocate of wise EU enlargement," Tusk said at a joint press conference, describing Armenia's European ambitions as "absolutely justified".

He praised Pashinyan's personal efforts to pursue a European path for his country and to resolve the long-running conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Pashinyan called the visit, the first by an Armenian prime minister to Poland in many years, "a new stage" in relations between the two nations.

He held up Poland as an example of a democracy with "strong defence, economy and international partnerships".

Military agreement signed

Defence ties were also firmly on the agenda.

Alongside Tusk, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz met with Pashinyan and Armenia's foreign minister, signing a military-technical cooperation agreement.

"Armenia and Poland have a lot to talk about today," Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on X.

"More joint training, exchange of experience and practical cooperation."

Pashinyan invited Tusk to meet again at the 8th European Political Community Summit, to be held in Yerevan.

Armenia began its EU accession process in early 2025, though it faces a complex geopolitical position: relations with Azerbaijan remain strained despite a peace agreement signed in August 2025, and Russia continues to maintain a military base on Armenian soil.

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Source: PAP