Published : 2014-12-30

Polish-Ukrainian relations in the Lech Kaczyński’s policy

Szymon Gajewski



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The policy of the president Lech Kaczyński towards Ukraine was inscribed in the broader context of his Eastern Policy. Its assumptions were based on the belief that Eastern European countries should establish closely cooperating political alliance for realization of shared interests. Ukraine’s participation, the largest eastern neighbor of Poland, was crucial to the success of this conception. Therefore Lech Kaczyński was actively involved in resolving political crises in this country. He initiated actions for Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation not to make a problem in the shared initiatives from tragic past events from the history of two nations. For the President of Poland Ukraine was also a strategic partner in enterprises aimed to make Eastern European countries independent from Russian fuels supplies. The most prominent investment in the energy policy was realization of the Odessa-Brody-Gdańsk pipeline. It would not be possible without the Ukrainian side. At the same time Lech Kaczyński lobbied internationally for Ukrainian membership in NATO and the European Union to permanently integrate Ukraine with institutional structures of the West.

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Polish-Ukrainian relations, Lech Kaczyński, NATO



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Gajewski, S. (2014). Polish-Ukrainian relations in the Lech Kaczyński’s policy. Fides, Ratio Et Patria. Studia Toruńskie, (1), 95–121. https://doi.org/10.56583/frp.1944

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