Ukraine, Poland sign security cooperation deal
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday signed a bilateral security deal during the Ukrainian leader's visit to Warsaw, AFP reports.
"You will always be able to count on us," Tusk told Zelensky after signing the document ahead of this week's NATO summit in Washington.
Tusk praised Zelensky’s “perseverance and courage” and pledged that he “can always count on us in…the fight for a safe Ukraine and a safe Europe”.
“The heroic defence of Ukraine is also the defence of the entire free world,” said Tusk, speaking alongside Zelensky. “Russia’s attack on Ukraine is also an attack on Ukraine’s friends and neighbours…If this war ended badly, it would also end badly for Poland and the entire Western world.”
Poland is the latest in a series of countries to sign security agreements with Ukraine, pledging to maintain long-term support for Kyiv’s defence against Russian aggression. Last month, the United States and Japan became the 16th and 17th countries to sign such deals.
