President Duda holds talks on NATO issue with Lithuanian President

Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on Thursday to discuss the protection of the Suwalki Gap, a narrow piece of land connecting the two NATO member states of Poland and Lithuania and bordering on Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad region. "We agreed that this site has strategic value, and that when planning any logistics related to the operation of Polish and Lithuanian armed forces, also in connection with the presence of allied forces, this strategic aspect should be taken into account," President Andrzej Duda said after the meeting. Additionally, the presidents also discussed coordinating the positions of the Visegrad Group, the Baltic States and Nordic countries on reforming the European Union; energy connections between the Baltic States and Poland; and issues related to minorities in both countries.