Czaputowicz, Kuleba discuss arrival of Ukrainian seasonal workers in Poland

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Foreign Minister of Poland Jacek Czaputowicz discussed the arrival of seasonal workers from Ukraine to Poland in a phone conversation on Thursday.

"In a telephone conversation, Polish and Ukrainian foreign ministers Jacek Czaputowicz and Dmytro Kuleba discussed the arrival of seasonal workers in Poland, the resumption [of activity] of Polish consulates in Ukraine and the fight against COVID-19," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland posted on Twitter.

As noted, the ministers reaffirmed their support for the further development of the Eastern Partnership before the EU-EP summit in June.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kuleba and Czaputowicz paid special attention to the preparations for the forthcoming Eastern Partnership summit and cooperation within the framework of the EU-Ukraine agenda.  Czaputowicz assured of Poland's continued support for the European and Euro-Atlantic choice of the Ukrainian state and reaffirmed the need to maintain EU sanctions against Russia. The ministers discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, as well as the efforts of both countries to counter the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

As reported, up to a million Ukrainians stay in Poland now.

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