EU solidarity?
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Poland's Duda on Ukraine grain:
"Should we act to protect ourselves from being harmed by a drowning man? Of course we must act to protect ourselves from a drowning man causing us harm, because if the drowning man causes us harm and drowns us, he won’t get any… pic.twitter.com/VRrHjPRhj9
PIndia: "“Ukraine is like a drowning man, it can drag us into the depths”: Polish President Andrzej Duda🇺🇦🇵🇱 “Ukraine is like a drowning man who will drag down those who are trying to help him.”
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 20, 2023
— Andrzej Duda, Polish President pic.twitter.com/SV4IJxGNbO
The Polish President asserted that it has to first protect its own interest otherwise if Ukraine (drowning man) causes harm to it, they would not be able to help it.
On Tuesday (19 September), Polish President Andrzej Duda likened Ukraine to a drowning man while defending his government’s decision to impose a grain embargo on Ukrainian agricultural products.
During a media briefing outside the UN headquarters in New York, he targeted Ukraine for going against them at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and challenging their decision to ban grain imports from Kyiv.
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Update #1: Polish president on grain dispute: "Ukraine is like a drowning man, it can drag us into the depths" (Ukrainska Pravda)
Update #2: Ukraine ‘behaving like a drowning man’ – Poland (RT)
WNU Editor: The Polish President was responding to Ukraine President Zelensky's UN speech .... Poland fumes over Ukrainian president's UN speech (Anadolu Agency). I have also just learned that a schedule meeting between the two (Presidents Zelensky and Duda) at the UN has been cancelled.