– It was Poland that awakened its European partners in the final days of February 2022, the Polish President appealed to the leaders of the free world, and the Polish Prime Minister visited Berlin and the German Chancellor to encourage greater engagement than just sending 5,000 helmets – said Karol Nawrocki during his address to the diplomatic corps.

– Had it not been for our country's support, Ukraine might have fallen in the first days of the war, despite the heroism, commitment, and sacrifice of the Ukrainian armed forces. Regarding Ukraine, Poland has done and continues to do more than we might realize, more than we can do […] we, as Poles, as the Polish state, do not need to prove anything here or confirm anything in any way – he continued.

– However, Ukraine and our partners must know that politics operates on the rule of reciprocity in relations. We will continue, when I become president, to support Ukraine against the threat of the Russian Federation, which is also hostile towards us; this is obvious. At the same time, Poland represents, and I want to emphasize this clearly, its own interests and its society. Therefore, it cannot afford actions that will harm our own economy, agriculture, the wealth of Poles' wallets, or the functioning of social security systems – he went on to say.

– All decisions concerning the future of our good economic and political cooperation, including with the Ukrainian state, will be dependent on the interests of Poland and Poles, and solely on them – he added.