Interia: Poland refused to supply Leopard tanks to UkrainePolish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded to publications about his intention to transfer existing German-made tanks to Ukraine.
According to him, Warsaw is not going to do it on its own, regardless of the allies, Interia writes.
Sebastian Przybył– The government, together with the president, are negotiating the creation of a broad coalition of states that could transfer this heavy and modern equipment to Ukraine, – said Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Mateusz Morawiecki, commenting on reports by The Wall Street Journal regarding the transfer of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
The Prime Minister also spoke on the issue of the National Recovery Plan.
– An indicator of the effectiveness of a policy is the formulation of certain concepts, and then their successful implementation. Poland has been trying for several months to get heavy anti-aircraft equipment to Ukraine. We talked about this during our first visit to Kiev with party Chairman Kaczynski," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
"I am glad that after several months of pressure and diplomatic efforts, our Western allies from France, Germany and other countries have finally expressed their readiness to send heavy equipment to Ukraine, which Ukrainians spoke about the need for," the prime minister said.
Mateusz Morawiecki: I urge the opposition not to rock the boat– When Jaroslaw Kaczynski formulated the concept of transferring the "Patriots" proposed by Germany to Ukraine two months ago, our opponents attacked us.
Today, these voices of the opposition, these taunts have compromised themselves, because even the United States decided to transfer these systems to Ukraine, which is what we wanted," he added.
Prime Minister Morawiecki said that all the actions of the ruling party are aimed at ensuring Polish security and peaceful development of the country.
– "Law and Justice" means reliability, security and a serious attitude to business," the head of the Polish government said, calling on opposition representatives "not to arrange games with border guards, not to sow ferment and confusion."
– First of all, we want security, tranquility and normal development, therefore, despite forecasts of a shortage of coal, it is in abundance today, it is cheap, there is gas today, the transfer of Patriots to Ukraine is possible today," the Prime Minister said and urged the opposition "not to rock the boat, because it threatens destabilization." our beloved country."
– We need to implement concrete concepts and demonstrate our freedom of action, we will not rest until we ensure peace on the Polish borders, because the next generations will ask us for this, – the prime minister added.
Mariusz Blaszczak: We have achieved that Ukraine will receive the Patriot systemPrime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak also spoke about the transfer of Patriot systems.
– Even the most irreconcilable Polish oppositionists must admit that it was the Law and Justice Party (PiS) that initiated the discussion on the transfer of Patriot systems to Ukraine, there is no doubt about it. It's already happening. The party leader Kaczynski spoke about it, I spoke about it. We have achieved that Ukraine will receive German and American systems. You just need to want and be able to," said Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.
– Since 2015, when Andrzej Duda became president and the PIS government was created, we constantly take care of Poland's security, and the coalition government of the Civic Platform and Polish Peasant Party parties liquidated units of the Polish army east of the Vistula, it was especially active in 2011, – said the head of the Ministry. defense.
Blaszczak added that only last year the Polish Armed Forces received Patriot systems, Korean KA-2 tanks and KA-9 howitzers, as well as AW-101 and AW-109 helicopters, and this year their arsenals will be replenished with Abrams tanks and French satellites to support military and firefighters.
Prime Minister: We are creating a coalition of states to transfer Leopards to UkraineIn response to a question about US financial assistance to Ukraine, the prime minister said that Poland would receive part of these funds.
– Negotiations are underway with Germany on when the Patriots will be delivered to Poland and where they will be stationed.
In turn, Deputy Prime Minister Blaszczak added that it is not yet known exactly how many systems from Germany will arrive in Poland.
"Nevertheless, the batteries that will be delivered to Ukraine will act in the interests of our security," he stressed, adding that Poland "won a double victory" on the issue of the supply of "Patriots from Germany."
Mateusz Morawiecki, answering a question about reports by The Wall Street Journal about the possible transfer of Polish Leopard tanks to Ukraine, stressed:
– The government, together with the president, is negotiating the creation of a broad coalition that could transfer, among other things, this heavy and modern equipment. That's all I can say.
During the conference at Warsaw's Okentse Airport, the Prime Minister also commented on the payments under the National Recovery Plan program.
– Next week we intend to start work on amending the Law on the Supreme Court. We hope that they will be adopted soon, after which the law will be handed over to the president, who will make his own decision," the prime minister said, adding that the law was developed in cooperation with the EU and gives the Polish authorities the opportunity to receive funds from the European Union.
– We need to stop disputes with the European Commission, because our enemy is in the East, - said Mateusz Morawiecki.
When asked whether there is unity in the ruling camp regarding this law, the Prime Minister said that the negotiations with the Minister of Justice "went well."
– We promised each other that we would have a discussion in our own circle, but I can say that the unity of the United Right is an enduring value, and I don't think anything threatens it, – concluded the head of government.