Polish President Andrzej Duda today, June 8, begins a series of visits to the countries of Southern Europe, in which he wants to convince them to support the rapid granting of candidate status to Ukraine for membership in the European Union. This was reported by the press service of Duda.

The leader of Poland on the tour was also supposed to be joined by Slovak President Zuzana Caputova.. However, as noted, she will not be able to go due to a positive test for coronavirus..

First, Andrzej Duda will travel to Portugal, where he plans to meet with the President and Prime Minister of the country in the cities of Braga and Lisbon.. He will also visit Italy, where he is to speak with its president in Rome..

After that, Duda will travel to the Romanian capital to attend the Bucharest Nine summit, which includes NATO member states in Central and Eastern Europe.

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According to the report, the President of Poland also wants to discuss the issue of organizing grain exports from Ukraine with the leaders of Portugal and Italy..

" We will also talk about the status of Ukraine's candidate for the EU,"

Earlier it was reported that Poland will sign the largest contract for the supply of weapons to Ukraine in 30 years, worth hundreds of millions of dollars..