Overview

• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized Hungarian and Slovak foreign ministers for meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a regional forum in Turkey.
• The meeting occurred on the same day as the funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, an act Tusk deems morally and politically troubling.
• Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, who met with Tusk, described the meeting with Lavrov as 'a regrettable choice.'
• Central European countries show deep divisions over the Russian war against Ukraine, with Poland and the Czech Republic supporting Ukraine, while Hungary and Slovakia hold differing views.
• Tusk's criticism underscores the ongoing tensions and differing opinions among Central European nations regarding their stance on Russia and the conflict in Ukraine.