Zelensky promises reciprocal rights for Poles in Ukraine

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hold a joint news conference, amid Russia’s invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 22, 2022. (REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)

Polish citizens in Ukraine will be granted the same rights that Ukrainian refugees in Poland are currently receiving, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday during a visit to Kyiv by his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.

Poland has granted the right to live and work and claim social security payments to over 3 million Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Earlier on Sunday, a Ukrainian ruling party lawmaker said that Zelenskiy had announced the imminent tabling of a parliamentary bill to give Polish citizens “special legal status” in Ukraine.

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