President Duda to discuss sanctions against Russia with Angela Merkel

On June 16, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda started a two-day visit to Berlin, Germany. Andrzej Duda will meet with German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the extension of sanctions against Moscow and bilateral relations. Also President Duda will seek to persuade Berlin to revise its plans to construct the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Polish president has long argued that the project has no economic justification and is not in the interests of Europe's energy security.