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The president of Ukraine met with the presidents of NATO members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in the latter’s capital, Warsaw, on May 3 to solidify cooperation against their common adversaries: Russia and Belarus. The five heads of state signed a joint declaration pledging multifaceted cooperation, including on security concerns.
Ukraine’s four partners in the meeting are to the north of it, are on the Baltic Sea and border Russia, its external territory of Kaliningrad and Belarus, Russia’s Union State partner. In fact two of them surround Kaliningrad on the land side, two border Russia proper and three border Belarus. All four nations host NATO Battlegroups and U.S. armed forces assigned to the Pentagon’s Operation Atlantic Resolve.
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Poland met in Warsaw on Monday to mark the 230th anniversary of the constitution adopted by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Presidents Gitanas Nausėda, Egils Levits, Kersti Kaljulaid, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Andrzej Duda underlined the high significance of the constitution by signing a joint declaration of support and cooperation with countries striving for democratic changes.
“The adoption in 1791 of this important act regulating the legal system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was of historical importance, as it was the first modern basic law adopted on our continent and the second in the world,” they said.
Polish envoy to Taiwan praises strong bilateral ties
Polish exports to Taiwan are up 40% during the last year. And The acting head of the Polish Office in Taipei, Bartosz Ryś, described bilateral relations as strong and said he is optimistic about post-COVID Poland-Taiwan ties.
Ryś spoke about his nation’s upcoming celebration on May 6 that commemorates the Polish constitution, which was ratified on May 3, 1791. This year will be the 230th anniversary of its ratification, he said.
He went on to describe the document as a “symbol of the boldness and innovation” of the Polish people. He added that it was the world’s second modern constitution, after that of the U.S. (ratified in 1789).
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MONDAY, MAY 3 LONDON – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in London. TRIPOLI – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar pays surprise visit to Libya. LONDON – Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to the United Kingdom to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting and to hold bilateral meetings with his British interlocutors. (To May 6) LONDON – British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a news conference ahead of the first meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years.
2021/05/03 11:27 Polish envoy to Taiwan Bartosz Ryś (left) and Taiwan News President Jack Cheng. Polish envoy to Taiwan Bartosz Ryś (left) and Taiwan News President Jack Cheng. (Taiwan News photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The acting head of the Polish Office in Taipei, Bartosz Ryś, described bilateral relations as strong and said he is optimistic about post-COVID Poland-Taiwan ties, in an interview with Taiwan News. Ryś spoke about his nation’s upcoming celebration on May 6 that commemorates the Polish constitution, which was ratified on May 3, 1791. This year will be the 230th anniversary of its ratification, he said. He went on to describe the document as a “symbol of the boldness and innovation” of the Polish people. He added that it was the world’s second modern constitution, after that of the U.S. (ratified in 1789).