2026-01-09 15:25, updated 2026-01-09 17:35
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Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated after his conversation with President Karol Nawrocki that they both agree that the issues of Ukraine, Russia and Poland's security should be excluded from political disputes. He added that in security matters, both of them will try to shape one line of the entire country.
The head of government met with the president at the Presidential Palace on Friday; The Prime Minister announced the meeting on Tuesday after the meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Paris. As he said, the talks were to concern primarily matters of state security and the situation in Ukraine.
After the meeting at the Presidential Palace, the head of government announced that he had told Karol Nawrocki about the circumstances regarding talks on future peace in Ukraine and the obligations of the countries of the “coalition of the willing”, bringing together countries ready to support Ukraine after a possible ceasefire. Tusk emphasized that Poland's security largely depends on how the war ends and what the position and situation of Ukraine will be during the negotiations and after the war.
As he noted, international talks concern not only peace conditions for Ukraine, but also its post-war reconstruction and security guarantees.
The Prime Minister said that he and the President agree that the issues of Ukraine, Russia and Poland's military security should be excluded from political disputes. – This absolutely must be our joint action. Both in matters where the president has a say, and in everything the Polish government does, President Nawrocki and I will try to shape one line of the entire Polish state in matters of security, Tusk assured.
Tusk added that in the conversation with the president, both leaders agreed “that the possible signing of documents such as the 20-point peace plan, the Ukraine reconstruction plan and security guarantees will require ratification, not only in Poland.” – I will propose a ratification procedure, including a debate in parliament, a vote in the Sejm and the president's signature. We agreed that this is an important element of this entire procedure, to build not only between the government and the president, but a broad national consensus around security issues, he said.
As he indicated, the conversation with the president also concerned, among others, conducting a joint campaign to promote Poland's presence during the G20 meetings; Poland was invited to this year's summit of this group, bringing together the world's largest economies, for the first time. – Here, as we know, both the president and the government have a role to play. I would like it to be a common game, because it is also a game for Poland's reputation, for popularizing Poland's achievements – economic and not only – said Tusk.
He added that he was satisfied with the president's readiness to cooperate in this action. – Something of the Christmas mood remained: there was a very good atmosphere during this conversation – said the head of government. He declared that he would “maintain” the agreement with the president regarding security and Ukraine.
The Prime Minister also said that the conversation with the President did not concern matters such as the trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries, to which the ambassadors of the member states to the EU expressed their consent in Friday's vote. He added that he had not talked to Nawrocki about presidential vetoes of bills prepared by the government, such as the bill implementing the EU Digital Services Act DSA into the Polish legal order, vetoed on Friday.
President Nawrocki's spokesman, Rafał Leśkiewicz, announced on Friday that the meeting between Tusk and Nawrocki did not concern the dispute over ambassadorial nominations that has been ongoing since spring 2024. Then the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided that over 50 ambassadors would end the mission, and several candidates submitted for approval by the previous management of the ministry would be withdrawn.
The then president, Andrzej Duda, emphasized that “no Polish ambassador can be appointed or dismissed without the president's signature.” The ambassadors who left their posts but were not formally recalled by the president were replaced by diplomats designated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who do not have the status of ambassadors, but charge d'affaires.
President Nawrocki is particularly opposed to the nomination of the current head of the mission in Washington, Bogdan Klich, and Ryszard Schnepf, chargé d'affaires in Italy, as ambassadors. When asked about the issue of these two diplomats, Tusk said on Friday that he had not heard of any plans to transfer them or dismiss them from their posts. (PAP)
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Prime Minister: I was satisfied with the president's willingness to cooperate during the G20 deliberations
Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that he also talked with President Karol Nawrocki about conducting a joint campaign to promote Poland's presence during the G20 meetings and that he was satisfied with the president's readiness to cooperate in this matter.
The Prime Minister said after Friday's conversation at the Presidential Palace that it also concerned, among others, conducting a joint campaign to promote Poland's presence during the G20 meetings. – Here, as we know, both the president and the government have a role to play. I would like it to be a common game, because it is also a game for Poland's reputation, for popularizing Poland's economic and other achievements, Tusk said.
He added that he was satisfied with the president's readiness to cooperate in this action.
Poland was invited to this year's G20 summit. (PAP)
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