The two heads of diplomacies spoke about the current state of bilateral relations, including a return to cooperation formats discontinued in recent years, such as intergovernmental consultations.

Minister Sikorski emphasized that a European, democratic Germany is Poland’s ally. He hoped on this occasion that his visit to Berlin will be a major step towards the normalization of Poland-Germany relations based on cooperation. The minister also highlighted that the existing differences of interests between the two states should be approached constructively and, above all, without confrontational rhetoric.

Poland’s top diplomat told his German counterpart that historical issues continue to play an important role for the Polish side in its relations with Germany. In this context, he referred to the project of the German-Polish House, known at an earlier stage of work as a place of commemoration and meetings with Poland, which is to be built in Berlin as a memorial to Polish casualties and war losses.

The heads of Polish and German diplomacies also discussed prospects for enhancing contacts between the foreign ministers of Poland, Germany, and France within the Weimar Triangle, the potential of which has not been fully tapped in recent years. In Minister Sikorski’s opinion, the war in Ukraine has shown that this trilateral cooperation format can be both a good forum for cooperation and a source of good ideas for the future of the European Union.  

Important items on the agenda of today’s consultations were the support for the fighting Ukraine and its post-war reconstruction, as well as Ukraine’s assistance fund under the European Peace Facility.

Ministers Sikorski and Baerbock also discussed also several topics of the European and international agenda, such as EU’s reform and enlargement, including Ukraine, tensions in the Middle East, or transatlantic relations in the context of this year’s presidential elections in the United States. 

On the margins of the visit, Minister Sikorski met with representatives of the German media.

More photos from Minister Radosław Sikorski’s visit to Berlin are available here.

 

Photo: Barbara Milkowska/MFA