Prime Minister of Ukraine had a meeting with the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

The expansion of Ukrainian-Polish cooperation within the framework of multilateral formats and the intensifying of sanctions against the russian federation were among the issues for discussion during a meeting in Kyiv between the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau.

Denys Shmyhal thanked Zbigniew Rau for his personal clear position in contacts with international partners regarding joining efforts to end russia's war against Ukraine. In this context, the parties discussed the strengthening of sanctions pressure on the russian federation, in particular the adoption of the seventh package of sanctions by the European Union.

"It is critical to deprive russia of the opportunity to fill the budget to finance the bloody war. We engage in active dialogue with our partners regarding the introduction of tougher sanctions, the Yermak-McFaul Group is in constant work on the development of new restrictions. We must also develop the necessary legal mechanisms for the confiscation of frozen russian assets and their transfer to guarantee the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine," said the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Denys Shmyhal emphasized that Poland is one of the most powerful advocates of Ukraine in the international arena. He thanked for the all-round support of our country, the military, and the help to displaced people.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine and the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Poland considered, among other things, cross-border cooperation and the expansion of opportunities for the export of Ukrainian products.

The Head of the Ukrainian government also proposed to organize a meeting in the format of the Lublin Triangle in the near future and emphasized that Ukraine was also interested in the further development of Ukrainian-Polish-British cooperation and the Three Seas initiative as well.

For his part, Zbigniew Rau assured that Poland was doing everything it could take to continue supporting Ukraine.