UK PM, NATO chief to visit Warsaw on Tuesday
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will visit Warsaw on Tuesday, the Polish prime minister has announced, saying that the planned visits were part of his government’s efforts to rebuild Poland’s security position in Europe.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.Photo: PAP/Albert Zawada
„Tomorrow’s visit by the UK prime minister and NATO secretary-general … will be a continuation of my mission to rebuild and expand Poland’s position in security policy,” Tusk told reporters on Monday.
„Polish security is the focus of my attention,” he added. „We are on the right track. I have never had such a positive impression that people in Europe listen to Poland’s voice.”
He described Poland as a „pro-European and pro-Western frontline country” amid Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Tusk told a news conference that Sunak’s trip to Poland would include a meeting with British soldiers stationed in the country, followed by talks at the Prime Minister’s Office in Warsaw.
Meanwhile, NATO’s Stoltenberg will meet with soldiers from an armoured brigade in Warsaw’s Wesoła district when he visits the Polish capital on Tuesday afternoon, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported, citing sources close to the Western military alliance’s Brussels headquarters.
Tusk’s pro-European government, in power since December, has vowed to improve Poland’s position in the European Union and relations with Western governments after eight years of Eurosceptic right-wing rule, the Reuters news agency reported.
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Source: IAR, PAP, Reuters
