Polish president, PM to visit Biden at White House on March 12
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk are set to visit US President Joe Biden at the White House on March 12, according to an announcement.
Polish President Andrzej Duda (right) and Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left).Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka
„President Biden will welcome President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland for a joint meeting at the White House on March 12,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement last Thursday.
„The leaders will reaffirm their unwavering support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal war of conquest,” she added.
„The meeting also coincides with the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO and underscores the United States’ and Poland’s shared ironclad commitment to the NATO Alliance, which makes us all safer,” the statement said.
„The three will coordinate ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit in Washington,” it added. „They will also discuss the strong U.S.-Polish strategic energy security partnership, its robust economic relationship, and the United States’ and Poland’s shared commitment to democratic values.”
The Polish president took to X to say that his and Tusk’s upcoming joint visit to Washington „on the anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO shows that the Polish-US alliance is and will remain strong, no matter who is in power in both countries.”
Polish Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said in a media interview on Monday that the upcoming joint visit by the Polish president and prime minister to Washington shows that all major political forces in Poland „share the same opinion about Russia and Ukraine.”
Poland became a member of NATO on March 12, 1999.
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Source: IAR, PAP, whitehouse.gov, rp.pl
