Post by pavel on Jan 21, 2016 18:41:25 GMT -6
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The foreign ministers of Germany and Poland took a conciliatory tone with each other as they met Thursday at a time of heightened tensions between the neighboring nations.
Calling each other by their first names at a news conference in Warsaw, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Witold Waszczykowski stressed what unites their countries.
Waszczykowski called his German counterpart a "friend of Poland" more than once and ended the news briefing with warm birthday greetings for Steinmeier, who turned 60 earlier this month.
It was Steinmeier's first visit to Poland since the right-wing Law and Justice party took power in November.
Read more: bigstory.ap.org/article/9c30ed5447484e1da25f83cbd7ebc0f6/german-polish-leaders-take-conciliatory-tone-amid-tensions
Calling each other by their first names at a news conference in Warsaw, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Witold Waszczykowski stressed what unites their countries.
Waszczykowski called his German counterpart a "friend of Poland" more than once and ended the news briefing with warm birthday greetings for Steinmeier, who turned 60 earlier this month.
It was Steinmeier's first visit to Poland since the right-wing Law and Justice party took power in November.
Read more: bigstory.ap.org/article/9c30ed5447484e1da25f83cbd7ebc0f6/german-polish-leaders-take-conciliatory-tone-amid-tensions