The list of points that upset present half of political Poland is not short. It is known that Karol Nawrock is not accompanied in the US by a high-ranking MFA representative, which was previously a practice during abroad visits by another presidents. It is besides known that the head of the Polish facility in Washington was ignored, which besides did not happen.
Not to mention the rule arising from the Constitution that the president is to cooperate with the government and head of the MFA on abroad affairs, which this time is simply not there. But besides about another issues that are of large importance in diplomacy.
Our callers have no mercy here.
"Over the past 30 years, presidents' visits abroad have always been held in cooperation with the MFA"
Everything went incorrect here from the beginning. Everything is upside down. present we have like 2 parallel diplomatic realities: Sikorski, Florida and Nawrocki, Washington. It was a masterpiece of Sikorski and the Ministry of abroad Affairs to arrange specified a presentation of this award – says Dr. Janusz Sibora, historian and investigator of diplomacy past and diplomatic protocol.
– It hurts me very much due to the fact that I myself have arranged visits by the presidents, with whom abroad ministers have always traveled. During the last 30 years, presidents' visits abroad have always been held in cooperation with the Ministry of abroad Affairs, says Jan Wojciech Piekarski, erstwhile diplomat, b. Head of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, lecturer and author of textbooks on diplomatic protocol.
This is what Karol Nawrocki's visit to the United States looks like from their perspective. Let's mark it. This is not a state visit, or state visit, the highest rank in the past of the US diplomatic protocol.
– This is simply a working visit about the raised welcome ceremony, says Janusz Sibora. The expert has just pointed to the extended, with greater honours, welcome of the president of Poland. For the fact that Nawrocki is sleeping at the Blair home residence close the White home and that there is simply a white-red flag hanging over it. The entrance to the White home besides awaits the better.
With specified visits, as has been shown by erstwhile practice and customs, the Deputy Minister of abroad Affairs should be. Why?
That's breaking the habit. In fresh months and even in the last year and a half, he has always been accompanied by the president Deputy Minister of the Ministry of abroad Affairs. Moreover, the rule, besides behind president Lech Kaczyński, was that before the visit, especially important, Deputy Minister or Heads of Departments of the Ministry of abroad Affairs visited the president at the Presidential Palace and informed him about the key issues concerning Poland's relation with the country he visited," said Marcin Bosacki, Deputy Head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs.
He pointed to Article 133 of the Constitution, which states that the president is to cooperate with the government and head of the abroad Affairs Ministry.
Law enforcement officials present say that this is not essential during a visit to the US. And erstwhile head of the MFA Zbigniew Rau stated in an interview with the Interia: "I will tell you consecutive away. If there was a typical of the Ministry of abroad Affairs there, he wouldn't aid anything, he would hurt.
What did it look like in practice before?
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"Near of that, individual from the MFA should be a alleged notebook, that is, the 1 who makes a evidence of the conversations"
Jan Wojciech Piekarski explains that the Minister or Deputy Minister of abroad Affairs has always participated in specified visits. Unless sometimes they were very urgent departures of presidents or prime ministers. erstwhile they left, for example, to choice up a prize or to attend the Davos economical Forum or the Munich Conference.
– Then the nature of the journey is different. The president or the Prime Minister request not be accompanied by the abroad Minister. However, erstwhile working and authoritative visits – and the visit of president Nawrocki although it is working, it has an authoritative character – yes. Deputy Minister and Political manager of the U.S. Department should be present. Not much, it should be individual from the Ministry of abroad Affairs who is called a notebook, that is, the 1 who makes a evidence of the talks – he explains in an interview with the subject.
This is simply a curious fact. It is not only Poland: – In the case of specified titular presidents or heads of state as monarchs, they are always accompanied by the abroad Minister, due to the fact that they have no right to conduct political talks. The Minister of abroad Affairs participating in the delegation takes on these political talks.
As the head of the president of the global Policy Office Marcin Przycz explained before leaving for the US, the manager of the diplomatic protocol from the Ministry of abroad Affairs will take part in the visit of the president of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki. However, it will not be either the Deputy Minister or the Minister.
Jan Wojciech Piekarski explains the difference. For years the expression has been developed that the MFA protocol is simply a state protocol. This means that he serves the Ministry of abroad Affairs, the head of state and the head of government. But the President's visit abroad, especially as crucial as now, should not be based solely on cooperation with the diplomatic protocol of the MFA.
– Ms Irena Lichnerowicz as head of the diplomatic protocol of the MFA organised and participated in the preparation and implementation of this visit. On the another hand, it is completely abnormal to exclude the head of the Washington office and the MFA from its participation – the diplomat reacts.
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"It looks like a full fistful was taken from the Ministry of abroad Affairs. But politically the abroad Office has been removed"
Dr Janusz Sibora reminds that Marcin Przycz visited the Polish embassy in Washington, D.C. and his visit there lasted 2 hours.
– So this authoritative apparatus was utilized to prepare the President's visit to the United States. This shows that technically they care very much about her moving without diplomatic and protocolar errors. It's like a full bunch of MFAs. But politically, the MFA has been removed so that no 1 can observe any conversations," the expert comments.
He emphasises: "The delegation of persons accompanying the president should be either the Deputy Minister or the manager of the department liable for America. Similarly, the minutes' manager or deputy should be present.
As he says, a delegation from the MFA should number 3-4 people, among them should be a individual who has a very responsible, more method task.
– A individual from the Ministry of abroad Affairs who conducts the minutes is always present erstwhile talking privately. She's the 1 writing it all down. And now there's a very crucial question. Who will be present at the gathering with president Trump? And who will draw up the minutes of talks in the White House? – he asks.
"The presence of the manager of the facility, the ambassador is absolutely necessary," "It's a cheek"
Jan Wojciech Piekarski points out 1 more thing. – This is simply a substance of cheek, which was aimed not only at the Ministry of abroad Affairs, due to the fact that it is simply a political matter, but above all the head of the Polish institution in Washington. The presence of the head of the institution, the ambassador, is absolutely necessary, not only from the point of view of the protocol, but besides from the point of view of the prestige of this institution as such," he says.
– If the Minister of Useful talks to him for 2 hours and the facility participates in the preparation and discussion of not only logistics, but besides substantive matters related to this visit, then excluding him from the visit is unacceptable. What face can this ambassador hold towards officials in the White House, in the State Department, in another ministries? Even to his colleagues in the diplomatic corps, if they know that he met specified an affront from his head of state? – he emphasizes.
As he says, in his place, he would welcome Nawrocki to the airport. But he would have told the president that he would have given a individual resignation due to the fact that he read it as a individual afront.
Does he remember akin cases in the past?
– There were cases in the early 1990s. For example, Minister Skubiszewski, erstwhile travelling to the US, said to the Ambassador to the US, sent to the Polish People's Republic, "I haven't cancelled you yet?". But it was a period of revolutionary change. As far as I can see, president Nawrocki besides wants to return to the state of revolutionary relations between the government and the president – the diplomat replies.
The revolutionary, insignificant changes, emerged during this visit not only here.
"This unfortunate note had no right to appear due to the fact that it is simply a disgrace to the state"
According to the President's Office, after talking to Trump, they will send a memo to the government. Janusz Sibora believes it should be a protocol of conversation. The full document, like the transcript from the Sejm's session
And speaking of notes. 1 that the MFA transferred to the President's Chancellery caused a political storm even before Karol Nawrocki visited the US. Instructions from the Ministry of abroad Affairs outraged the Presidential Palace and went under public opinion assessment.
Janusz Sibora comments: – This unfortunate note was not allowed to appear due to the fact that it is simply a disgrace to the state. She even outside undermines our seriousness and our authority. She most likely left the Presidential Palace somewhere, and there should be an investigation in this case. If an worker in an average company discloses documents, even if they're not confidential, he's fired. It's a work code. And here we are talking about the state's strategy in negotiations with the power. That's not expected to happen.
Jan Wojciech Piekarski tells us how it usually happens on the occasion of visits by abroad president or prime minister.
– The MFA traditionally prepares information materials for which the president or Prime Minister's office – due to the departure of the head of government or the head of state – does not even gotta ask for their message. The MFA knows that and does it automatically. These are information materials on the state of relations with a given country, biographical notes of interlocutors, the legal state of treaty ties with a given country and yet the alleged thesis of talks. Therefore, proposals about what should be done in these conversations, what should be avoided or possibly how to respond to subjects that are uncomfortable for us or where we are little placed – he says.
He stresses: – specified things are done, but this is correspondence between the Ministry of abroad Affairs and the Chancellery of the president or Prime Minister. It's not a public thing. I set an example for my students. The fact that any paper in the MFA is not classified does not mean that I can open a window, throw it on the street and say, "Get it and usage it." The procedure and professional ethics require that specified cases be between officials, in this case between the President's office and the MFA office.
As for the memo that after Trump-Nawrocka's talks would go to the government... usually the procedure looked like this:
– These notes were usually made in the Ministry of abroad Affairs. It was made by the manager of the territorial department. The note was accepted by the chief of the department, i.e. the Deputy abroad Minister, who took part in the visit, after which it was forwarded to the President's office or the Prime Minister's office, and sent to the highest switchgear, i.e. the President, the Prime Minister, the Ministers and Directors of the Departments concerned, and the Heads of Service, who deal with global issues.
The diplomat wonders who will sign specified a note this time. Minister of Aid? The president himself? – I do not remember that notes from specified a visit were signed by the Prime Minister or the President. If there were requests for implementation in the memo, then it was usually signed by the minister of abroad affairs asking for acceptance by the head of government and possibly by the head of state – he says.
What does all this mean? What does it show?
– This is an effort to show strength from the president and the Chancellery of the President. The president is trying to grow his function in shaping abroad policy. And he is to cooperate in the implementation of the abroad policy which the Government of the Republic is conducting,” he comments.
He adds that he erstwhile heard from 1 of his colleagues, the manager of the department from another country, specified words: "The protocol is what the boss wishes."
– That is, if the head of state representing Poland, the President, or possibly the Prime Minister, in which matters the decision is made, then it becomes the norm. And if what we just saw becomes the norm in relations with another countries, it will be a very dysfunctional norm," he says.
Janusz Sibora comments on what is going on in Nawrock. “Watching the overall climate of president Nawrocki’s action, he continues to prosecute the main slogan, that is, abroad policy is simply a hostage to national policy. And overthrow the Tusk government.
