Polish FM to visit Washington to negotiate financial assistance to Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski will visit Washington to convince American politicians who oppose assistance to Kyiv of the need to continue it, Report informs referring to TASS.

The dates of his visit have not been announced. In December 2023, Polish media reported about Sikorski’s upcoming trip to Washington in early 2024.

The US Administration almost four months ago sent a request to Capitol Hill for additional budgetary allocations in the 2024 fiscal year, which began in the US on October 1, primarily to assist Israel and Ukraine, as well as to counter China and Russia in the Asia-Pacific region.

In total, the US executive branch of government, led by Democratic President Joe Biden, would like to receive about $106 billion for these purposes.