Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) Announced the trip by email Sunday night, but said additional details about the program could not be made public due to security concerns.
Other senators traveling with Kelly include Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.), Cory Booker (DN.J.), Ed Markey (D-MA), along with MP Mondaire Jones (DN.Y.), the lonely House member.
“This strong congressional delegation will have the opportunity to meet with the US military leadership and troops in Poland to learn how the US can continue to support Ukraine and our NATO allies against Russia’s unprovoked and unwarranted war.” , lawmakers said in a joint statement. .
“In addition, the delegation will meet with a number of key foreign leaders in Poland, the United Arab Emirates, India, Nepal and Germany to strengthen ties during this period of heightened global tension.”
With the exception of Poland, the main countries on the route were notable for their lack of cooperation with US-led efforts to isolate Russia, as its war in Ukraine has spread over the past 50 days.
India, the world’s largest democracy, has continued to import Russian oil and remained neutral in the United Nations vote on human rights abuses in Ukraine.
The oil-rich Gulf states have resisted US calls to increase their supply of oil to the world market to reduce rising prices amid efforts to impose sanctions and curb Russian oil and gas exports.
And Germany has spoken out against US and other calls in Europe to further squeeze Russia’s military cessation by cutting off global oil and gas imports from Russia, which bring in about $ 1 billion a day.
Germany continues to rely on Russian gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, and top officials have warned that shutting down the pipeline is not an option for Europe’s most populous country.
Poland, due to its geographical proximity to Ukraine, has been a key part of the international response, working with nonprofits to house and feed the vast majority of the millions of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the start of the war.
During a trip to Poland last month, President Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin could not stay in power, a comment the White House quickly sought to remove.
He also pledged to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees and backed an agreement with EU leaders to begin weaning the region from Russian energy.
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Nepal is one of the few Asian countries to have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deviating from its policy of international neutrality.
The Legislature is the last of many US congressional delegations to travel mainly to Europe since the start of the war.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) visited Poland earlier this month.
