Germany should take responsibility for Poland's eastern border- Tusk

The meeting was the first of its kind in six years as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attempts to mend ties with his German counterpart.

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00:00Polish and German representatives have met for the first time in six years for governmental

00:05talks.

00:06Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz marked a new phase

00:12of collaboration between the two countries and held discussions on reconciliation, migration

00:17and security.

00:18In this awareness, we will build our cooperation in the area of security and defense on a target

00:23basis, combine our capabilities and coordinate with each other.

00:27To be more specific, we will take on a leadership role in the Baltic Sea region and in the protection

00:32of NATO's eastern flank.

00:34Putin has destroyed the European peace and security order with his unlawful attack on

00:40Ukraine and has endangered security on the entire European continent.

00:45Donald Tusk also made a very concrete reference to his Safe Skies Over Europe initiative.

01:15Experts, however, noted that apart from the willingness to act together expressed by both

01:32sides, no specific sums, dates and actions were declared.

01:38Poland has put a lot on the table already and proposed a lot of initiatives in regards

01:44bilateral cooperation for joint security in Europe, and we have not heard anything about

01:52symbolic gestures from the side of German Chancellor.

01:59With meetings such as today, one thing is clear.

02:02For Poland, security issues at home, in the region and in Europe remain a priority, and

02:07the search for allies, especially in times of changing governments and public sentiments,

02:12is a key matter.

02:13But for more than declarations, we will still have to wait.

02:17Magdalena Belbnik for Euronews, from Warsaw.