On 13 September 2016 Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland Mr. Witold Waszczykowski started his working visit to Ukraine.

During the meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin the two sides discussed the ways to enhance dialogue between Kyiv and Warsaw. They also focused on cooperation between Ukraine and Poland on the international arena and coordination of efforts on settling the issues of common interest.     

Minister Waszczykowski reiterated Poland’s commitment to support Ukraine in countering the Russian aggression, implementing the internal reforms and Ukraine’s European aspirations.

The two ministers agreed on the necessity to avoid politicization of the issues related to the common Ukrainian-Polish history. They also underlined the need to reinforce the dialogue on historical issues between the experts on both sides, including within the bilateral institutional mechanisms. In this context, Ministers agreed to appoint shortly the co-chairs of the Ukrainian and Polish parts of the Ukrainian-Polish Partnership Forum.