Polish, Romanian gov’t ministers meet for talks in Warsaw

Polish and Romanian government ministers gathered in Warsaw on Thursday to discuss the West's response to Russia's war against Ukraine and a range of bilateral and European issues.

Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (right) and Romania’s Nicolae Ciucă (left) meet in Warsaw on Thursday.

Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

The two-way talks, officially known as intergovernmental consultations, were being led by Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Romania’s Nicolae Ciucă, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

🇵🇱🇷🇴PM @MorawieckiM welcomed PM @NicolaeCiuca. Today PMs will conduct Polish-Romanian intergovernmental consultations. The previous ones were held in #Warsaw (2018) and #Bucharest (2019). pic.twitter.com/1w75Lv1jKo

— Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (@PremierRP_en) March 3, 2022

Major topics included regional defence and security, in addition to regional policy, bilateral cooperation and "issues on the EU agenda," according to Polish government spokesman Piotr Müller.

PM @MorawieckiM and PM @NicolaeCiuca discuss bilateral relations, security and defense issues, the EU agenda and regional policy. Also Russia's aggression against #Ukraine is an important subject of this year's 🇵🇱-🇷🇴 intergovernmental consultations. pic.twitter.com/e4k9vt3BYv

— Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (@PremierRP_en) March 3, 2022

He told reporters that the talks were bringing together "the governments of the two largest countries on the eastern flank of NATO."

Both countries border on Ukraine and have provided humanitarian assistance and shelter to hundreds of thousands of refugees in the wake of Russia's invasion.

Previous such consultations between Poland and Romania were held in Bucharest in 2019 and in Warsaw in 2018, Müller said.

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Source: IAR, PAP