Duda responds to Poroshenko's initiative

"The Chancellery of the President has already handed over to the Ukrainian Presidential Administration the information about the readiness of Minister [at the Chancellery of the President of Poland Krzysztof] Szczerski to accept the Ukrainian co-chairman with the delegation," the statement reads.

It notes that this will be another attempt to "present to the Ukrainian side the Polish expectations regarding the most important issues in Polish-Ukrainian relations."

"President Andrzej Duda also counts on the personal actions of President Petro Poroshenko in the context of the current state of bilateral relations," the report says. 

As reported, Poroshenko initiated an extraordinary meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents of Ukraine and Poland. According to presidential press secretary Svyatoslav Tsegolko, this is necessary to strengthen strategic partnership between Ukraine and Poland and avoid further escalation of tension in bilateral relations.

The co-chairmen of the Consultative Committee of the Presidents are Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine Kostiantyn Yeliseyev and Minister at the Chancellery of the President of Poland Krzysztof Szczerski.

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