Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's words about stopping arms supplies to Ukraine were misunderstood.
Morawiecki said on Wednesday that Poland would no longer give Ukraine its weapons, as it was rapidly arming its army. These words came amid a conflict between Kyiv and Warsaw over a ban on imports of Ukrainian grain to Poland.
However, according to AFP, Duda said on Thursday that Morawiecki did not mean a complete cessation of arms supplies.
"Morawiecki's words were interpreted in the worst possible way. In my opinion, the prime minister meant that we will not give Ukraine new weapons that we are currently buying to modernize the Polish army," Duda told Polish TVN24, as quoted by AFP.
Background. As a reminder, amid the escalating conflict between the two countries, Duda himself called Ukraine "a drowning man who is grasping at everything."
"Anyone who has tried to save a drowning person knows that a drowning person is extremely dangerous, they can pull you down to the depths. They say that a drowning man is grasping at straws, but in fact he is grasping at everything he can," Duda was quoted as saying by the Polish news agency RAR.
As reported, the Lithuanian president reacted to Morawiecki's statement that Poland would not supply weapons to Ukraine.