The war in Ukraine will decide whether Europe or Russia becomes the “third pillar” of a new global order, Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Thursday, two days after the conflict entered its fifth year.
Ukrainian negotiators are meeting US officials in Geneva on Thursday to try to find a resolution to the conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
NATO member Poland shares borders with both Russia and Ukraine, and its government has been a trenchant critic of Moscow throughout the conflict.
“This war will determine which actor becomes the third pillar — alongside the United States and China — of the new global balance of power,” Sikorski said in his annual speech to parliament where he outlines the country’s global priorities.
“Will it be Russia or European Union?”
He warned that countries moving away from expected norms would be “unequivocally dangerous” for his country.
“The international order is shaking to its foundations,” he said.
Sikorski was echoing comments from other politicians in recent months highlighting a changing global order.
Canadian Prime Minister said earlier this year that the world order was “in the midst of a rupture”, and French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the order was in danger of “disintegration”.
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