President Joe Biden will go to Poland, where he will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda to discuss the Ukraine conflict, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
Following discussions with NATO allies, G7 leaders, and E.U. leaders in Brussels, Belgium, Biden will visit Poland as part of a bigger European trip this week.
On Friday, Biden will meet with Poland’s President in Warsaw, Poland, some 170 miles from Ukraine’s border.
“The President will discuss how the United States, alongside our Allies and partners, is responding to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created,” Psaki said.
Warsaw’s mayor has warned that the city has nearly reached capacity in the number of refugees it can support.
“In 2015, we had 300,000-400,000 people coming into Europe every month. We just had 300,000 people come into Warsaw in three weeks,” Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski said. “We want to take everyone who needs help, but how many kids can we take into schools? How can we do everything we can so the health system doesn’t break down in our city?”
On March 10, Vice President Kamala Harris visited with Duda in Warsaw, thanking Poland for accepting over 2 million Ukrainian migrants.
When asked what the US will do about Ukrainian refugees at a news conference, Harris laughed inappropriately and looked towards Duda.
“A friend in need is a friend indeed,” Harris said, before bursting out in laughter.
