Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said both governments would not tolerate efforts to bypass penalties on Moscow and stressed the need to keep tightening pressure “politically and economically” to help bring peace in Ukraine.
He called for swift adoption of further “ambitious” sanctions packages.
Sikorski said Warsaw and Helsinki agree Russia must face full accountability, including financial liability for damage caused by its actions.
He urged using frozen Russian state assets to provide loan-based support for Ukraine.
Both countries are also working to counter hybrid activities on their eastern borders and in the Baltic Sea, he added.
A particular area of interest, Sikorski said, is dismantling the “shadow fleet” used by Moscow to skirt sanctions, which he argued poses serious environmental and maritime security risks.
Actions taken so far should send “an important signal” to Russia, he told reporters.
“We will not tolerate the circumvention of sanctions, sabotage targeting our critical infrastructure, or the creation of a massive risk of an ecological disaster in the Baltic,” Sikorski said.
Poland aims to leverage its current chairmanship of the Council of the Baltic Sea States to better coordinate protection of undersea critical infrastructure and efforts against the shadow fleet.
The council provides a platform to synchronize responses by regional countries and the European Union, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Sikorski and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen also condemned Russian provocations against EU states, including airspace violations.
Sikorski thanked Finland for its firm reaction to recent incursions into Polish airspace.
He welcomed the EU's “drone wall” initiative, discussed at a recent meeting of European leaders in Copenhagen, and described NATO’s Eastern Sentry initiative as a sign of the alliance’s solidarity and flexibility.
Sikorski noted that Valtonen’s visit was also in her capacity as chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
He said Poland appreciates that Finland’s OSCE leadership has maintained a principled line toward Russia and continued work in support of Ukraine.
Calling Finland an example in civil protection and defense, Sikorski said Poland draws on Finnish experience and sees further cooperation potential across the economy, including nuclear energy, quantum technologies and advanced satellite imaging.
Valtonen voiced readiness to deepen cooperation in military intelligence and security infrastructure.
She said both countries know where the main threat to NATO’s eastern flank—and “to the kind of world we know”—comes from, identifying it as Russia, and backed sustained political and economic pressure on Moscow.
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Source: PAP