President Bronisław Komorowski has said that amid the current Ukrainian crisis, Polish-Romanian ties must be consolidated, as his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis visited Warsaw.

The two presidents signed a joint declaration on Thursday, planning the strengthening of cooperation in security matters, and in other spheres.

''In my opinion, this partnership is absolutely essential from the point of view of the development of events, and the situation in our region of Europe, where there has been a major, negative change in the field of security," Komorowski said at a joint press conference.

President Iohannis told journalists that his talks with Komorowski had been ''sincere and friendly.

''We talked about the common interest that binds us in this region of Europe, which is confronted with serious challenges."

The Romanian head of state is also due to meet Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, as well as Radosław Sikorski and Bogdan Borusewicz, the speakers of Poland's lower and upper houses of parliament. (nh)

Source: PAP