German, Polish leaders take conciliatory tone amid tensions
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The foreign ministers of Germany and Poland have taken a conciliatory tone with each other as they met amid heightened tensions between their neighboring nations.
Calling each other by their first names, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Witold Waszczykowski stressed what unites their countries at a news conference Thursday in Warsaw.
Waszczykowski called his German counterpart a "friend of Poland" more than once and ended the news briefing with warm birthday greetings for Steinmeier, who turned 60 earlier this month.
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It was the first visit by Steinmeier to Poland since the right-wing Law and Justice party took power in November.
Some German officials have criticized Poland for its resistance to accepting migrants and for a new political direction seen as violating the rule of law, sparking anti-German rhetoric by some Polish officials.