Boris Johnson to visit Poland and NATO chief amid Ukraine tensions

The Asharq Al-Awsat reported, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland and NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine.

A Polish foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, Johnson will visit British soldiers stationed in Poland together with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and will also meet President Andrzej Duda.

According to a NATO statement, Johnson is also set to meet North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) chief Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on the same day. It did not contain the meeting's agenda.

Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson to discuss Ukraine by phone on Wednesday evening

The visits come as Western countries are working to de-escalate the situation on the Ukrainian border, where thousands of Russian troops are gathered.

Boris Johnson travels to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky

The report noted that Defense minister Ben Wallace had said on Monday week that Britain would send a further 350 troops to Poland. Last year it sent 100 troops to Poland to help support it with a migrant crisis at its border with Belarus.

Source: aawsat