Aleksander Kwasniewski does not hide the bitter fact that Poland did not have its typical at the Monday summit in London with the participation of key European leaders and president of Ukraine.
The erstwhile president says that "there is simply a mistake made by Poland here" and argues that our country should be present in specified a format, even due to its position in the European Union. At the same time, he warns that the fresh U.S. safety strategy means limiting the engagement of America, and that Europe, including Poland, must "rewind sails" and take greater work for Ukraine's safety.
Poland off the table in London
In London, the head of the British government Keir Starmer, president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski, French president Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met. The talks afraid a peace process under the auspices of the United States and a fresh US safety strategy that clearly defines Washington's priorities for the following years.
At this table, however, Poland ran out, which became 1 of the most widely commented topics in national abroad policy. Aleksander Kwasniewski, erstwhile president, in an interview with Polsat News left no uncertainty that he considered this situation a serious diplomatic problem.
– Here is simply a mistake made by Poland. We should be in this format. Not due to the fact that we are a front country, but due to the fact that Poland is simply a large country of the European Union – he stressed that our voice should naturally sound where it is decided on the future architecture of the safety of Europe.
He expresses disappointment, but it is crucial to aid Ukraine
Kwasniewski does not close the full case in the logic of the current political dispute. He openly admits that he joins the group of critically assessing the absence of Warsaw at the London summit, but at the same time tries to keep a broader perspective.
The erstwhile president declares that he joins those who "express any disappointment", but reserves that the most crucial remains support for the fighting Ukraine. In his opinion, it is now crucial to avoid a script in which the Ukrainian authorities would be pushed into the solution under conditions dictated by Moscow.
– Ukraine will aid and so that it does not have to, as Donald Trump wants, capitulate," Kwasniewski says, pointing out that part of the Western debate is increasingly looking for a fast exit from the war, even at the expense of Kiev.
Suspension of weapons alternatively of illusions of lasting peace
The erstwhile President, in his analysis, is reducing excessive expectations of negotiations that take place in different formats. In his opinion, those who hope to end the conflict rapidly and definitively do not take into account the realities of Russian policies and ambitions of the Kremlin.
– Everyone who expects the war to end rapidly is wrong. Those who anticipate lasting, just peace will not come to pass," Kwasniewski states.
However, he points out that it is realistic to find a break in the fight unless it is at the expense of Ukraine's core interests.
“The ceasefire is real and will take place in the coming months (...), so that it is not on conditions of surrender of Ukraine,” Kwasniewski says.
These words form part of the broader image he outlines: alternatively of naive belief in lasting peace, 1 should think of a hard framework of safety and deterrent mechanisms that will prevent Russia from repeating aggression in the future.
New US Doctrine: America rolls sails, Europe must make them
Kwasniewski stresses that the London gathering is becoming peculiarly crucial in the light of Washington's fresh safety strategy. It is simply a paper that sets US priorities, including the distribution of forces between Europe, Indo-Pacific and another regions.
According to the erstwhile President, it is clear that the United States wants to reduce the scale of engagement on our continent.
“It is clear that America is rolling sails, we must make them,” he says.
In practice, this means that it is the European capitals, including Warsaw, that will gotta presume most of the work for the safety of Ukraine and the east flank. If Poland is missing from the most crucial meetings, the question arises what function our country actually plays in building this fresh safety architecture.
Failure? Caesary Tomczyk disagrees
The rulers look at things a small differently than the erstwhile president. Cezary Tomczyk, asked in Polsat News whether Poland's absence from London talks was a failure of diplomacy, replied:
“This is simply a consequence of the actions and let us remember that, due to the fact that Poland has declared from the very beginning that it does not intend to send troops to Ukraine,” says Cezary Tomczyk.
According to the Deputy Minister of Defence, the deficiency of participation in this format does not mean marginalisation, but is to consequence from the line adopted by Warsaw, that it supports Kiev politically, financially and hardware, but without direct participation of Polish soldiers in armed actions.
