People hold linked flags of Poland and Ukraine in Warsaw. File photoWARSAW, Aug 22Poland and Ukraine are developing a new bilateral treaty, Jakub Kumoch, head of the International Policy Bureau of the Office of the President of Poland, told reporters in Kyiv. «Poland and Ukraine are working on a new treaty that will further strengthen relations with each other, but, above all, Poland continues to provide assistance to Ukraine and will continue this assistance,» the PAP news agency quoted Kumoch. He believes that Poland «has no other choice» than to continue military assistance to Ukraine. «There is no other way out and another Polish policy. Poland has no other agenda regarding Ukraine, it practically speaks the same language as Ukraine, because we understand that the defense of Ukraine is also the defense of Poland,» the spokesman said. President of Poland. Kumoh arrived in Kyiv at the invitation of Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the President of Ukraine, who convened a meeting of representatives of the so-called «Kyiv initiative». It was attended by secretaries of state and advisers to the presidents of Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. “These are the countries that this year achieved a huge success, which was winning the status of a candidate member of the European Union for Ukraine, and the states that supported Ukraine from the very beginning in terms of arms supplies, its European perspective, as well as in the issue of sanctions against Russia «, — said the representative of the President of Poland. He drew attention to the physical possibilities of providing weapons to Ukraine. «The Polish army has provided Ukraine with very large military assistance, which is not a big secret and what President Andrzej Duda is talking about. However, of course, we are not a bottomless bag,» Kumoch emphasized. The Russian Federation had previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Ukraine and Poland signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of cyber defense
