Polish President Andrzej Duda affirmed that he is willing to speak face to face with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as “friends”, to resolve the “difficult situations” facing the two countries, Duda said in an interview given on Thursday on the Polish channel TVN24.

Referring to statements made by Zelensky at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, saying that “some of our friends in Europe are playing solidarity in political theater”, Duda said Zelensky did not specifically mention Poland, “but of course” the suggestion was there and we all understood it.”

At that moment, I felt sad because what he was saying seemed unfair. However, as time passes, these emotions fade, because I experience them like everyone else,” Duda said.

Asked if he was upset after Zelensky’s words, Duda replied: “Maybe upset is too strong a word.”

“I was bitter, I prefer to put it that way. I say this: let’s stay calm, please don’t raise the temperature, because this is a dispute that affects a small part of our relationship. Let’s not let This will affect the whole, because it has no justification and only others will benefit from it,” Duda said.

“This subject [el conflicto sobre el embargo polaco al grano ucraniano] must be resolved, this is a dispute which is in fact a legal dispute. I have my opinion and I do not change it, that Ukrainians should also approach our situation with more understanding,” he said. “I understand that they are looking for help in their situation at all costs and that’s why they don’t care where they sell. their grain, but we do not care, is indifferent, and we want to help them and we help them.

Duda said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s comments that Poland would no longer transfer weapons to Ukraine had been “interpreted in the worst possible way.”

“The prime minister spoke about these weapons in the context of new weapons that we are purchasing for our army,” Duda said. “That was the statement. In my opinion, the Prime Minister said: ‘We will not transfer to Ukraine the new weapons that we are currently purchasing as part of the modernization of our army.'”

Duda continued: “Don’t forget that we have signed contracts with Ukraine, for example for the supply of [obuses] Krabs”, which Poland must respect, as well as other agreements, notably on munitions and mine-clearing vehicles. “They are necessary for the counter-offensive,” Duda said.

“As we receive new weapons from Korea [del Sur] and the United States, we release the weapons we currently have in stock. Perhaps we will transfer weapons to Ukraine that will be withdrawn from the Polish army, as we have done so far when transferring post-Soviet weapons,” Duda said.