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Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (left) with his colleagues from Poland and Sweden, Donald Tusk and Ulf Kristersson, at the summit of the NB-8 in Harpsund.

The invitation from the Nordic countries NB-8 to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is evidence of the growing importance of his country. Poland’s rapprochement with the North also has to do with its rather cold relationship with its neighbor Germany.

The summit meeting of the five Scandinavian and three Baltic states – known as NB-8 – was a first: For the first time in NB-8 history, a Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, was invited to the talks on security in the Baltic Sea region and long-term support for Ukraine, which took place on Wednesday in Harpsund, Sweden.

Disappointed by Berlin: How Warsaw is orienting itself towards the north

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