Ahead of the presidential trip, Duda's foreign policy aide Jakub Kumoch said the talks with Balkan leaders would explore the growing migrant crisis on Poland's and the European Union's frontier with Belarus, public broadcaster Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported.
"Both countries are our allies in NATO," Kumoch said. "We are eager to hear their viewpoint."
Kumoch also said that the Polish president would talk with his Montenegrin and North Macedonian counterparts about the possibility of launching consultations under Article 4 of the NATO charter as part of efforts to resolve the crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border.
Poland is considering whether to initiate the procedure, which allows for a more detailed debate when a member state believes that their territorial integrity, political independence or security are threatened, Kumoch told reporters.
Besides the focus on the migrant crisis, the visit gives Duda an opportunity to express Poland's "unequivocal support" for the Balkan countries' ambitions to join the EU, the Polish presidential website said.
Meetings with Balkan leaders
For the first two days, the Polish president, accompanied by First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda, will stay in Montenegro, where he is scheduled to meet with the country's head of state, Milo Djukanovic, in the capital Podgorica at noon on Wednesday.
The two presidents will hold a private meeting as well as a plenary discussion and a joint news conference, according to the Polish presidential office.
Duda is also set to meet with Montenegrin Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapic and visit Poles living in that country, before leaving for North Macedonia.
There, on Friday, the Polish head of state will be hosted by his counterpart Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. He will also attend a bilateral economic forum.
Duda is set to return to Poland in the late afternoon on Friday, the IAR news agency reported.
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Source: IAR, prezydent.pl