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Merkel making last visit to Warsaw as Germany’s chancellor
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting the Polish capital on Saturday for talks with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at a time when Poland faces migration pressure on its eastern border with Belarus. The Polish government said it would be Merkel’s last visit to Warsaw as the chancellor of Germany, and that the talks would include discussions on protecting the EU’s external borders and the coronavirus pandemic. “The meeting in Warsaw will be an opportunity to summarize current bilateral issues and note problematic issues in mutual relations,” the Polish government said. A meeting between Merkel and President Andrzej Duda, which was originally announced by the German government, is not taking place after all. Merkel’s spokesman said Friday that Polish officials told them there were “scheduling problems.” Duda’s office said Duda would instead be in the southern Polish city of Katowice for celebrations marking the anniversary of Solidarity, the anti-communist trade union.
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