On February 26, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tbilisi together with the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia held the Polish-Ukrainian Spotlight Session: "Fighting for Freedom, Defending Europe - War in Ukraine and the Role of Its Partners in Defending Ukraine & Euro-Atlantic Security". The co-organizer of the event was the Georgian non-governmental organization Geocase.
Welcome Speeches were delivered by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Georgia H.E. Mariusz Maszkiewicz and Mr. Oleksandr Shulha - Chargé d'affaires a.i. of Ukraine to Georgia.
The first panel discussion on the need to support Ukraine took place with the participation of the ambassadors: H.E. Pawel Herczynski - Ambassador, Head of European Union Delegation to Georgia, H.E. Mark Clayton - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Georgia, H.E. Andrius Kalindra - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to Georgia and H.E. Bartosz Cichocki, Poland's Ambassador to Ukraine 2019-2023; Moderator: Mr. Arkadiusz Legiec, Political Officer, NATO Liaison Office for the South Caucasus.
During the second session, which was about the importance of supporting Ukraine in the future, at the current stage of the war, representatives of expert circles on international security from Ukraine - Ms. Maria Zolkina, Research Fellow, London School of Economics; Head of Regional Security and Conflict Studies at Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation; Poland - Mr. Maciej Zaniewicz, Senior Program Manager, Forum Energii and Georgia - Mr. Viktor Kipiani, Chairman, Geocase spoke. Moderator: Mr. Daniel Szeligowski, Head of Eastern Europe Program, the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
