Poland's Duda Cancels UNGA Meeting With Ukraine's Zelensky, Likens Ukraine to 'Drowning Man'

A planned meeting between Polish President Andrzej Duda and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly has been cancelled. Duda told journalists outside the UN headquarters in New York that "organisational reasons" were behind the move, but he did not rule out a meeting with Zelensky later.

The meeting was important because of the row that has erupted between Poland and Ukraine because of Warsaw's singlehanded decision to stop importing Ukrainian grain. Although the two presidents were reportedly supposed to confer on the course of the botched Ukrainian counteroffensive, another hot topic would undoubtedly have been the Polish embargo on agricultural products from Ukraine and the Ukrainian complaint to the WTO.

 The Polish President also likened Ukraine to a "drowning man", dangerous because he can "drag you down to the depths". "Ukraine is ... undoubtedly in a very difficult situation," Duda said, adding: