Strong argument
Deputy Prime Minister and Head of Diplomacy, who has been visiting the United States since Monday, summarized the results of the gathering of Polish and US Presidents, where Donald Trump declared the continued presence of American troops in Poland. During the briefing at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., Sikorski said:
I think it's good and I'll have an argument. next day at the Pentagon, I meet with the review author, Global Posture Review, Minister (Elbridge) The Colby we know. I'll tell him, listen, your president has already decided. So we have a strong argument. Good thing.
Elbridge Colby, the deputy head of the Pentagon in charge of political affairs, is considered to advocate a simplification in the United States' commitment to Europe in order to devote more attention to stopping China. The Minister of abroad Affairs stressed that Poland was pursuing convergent goals in this respect and recalled that akin assurances were obtained from the US before the current visit. He besides added that even though he himself gave the President's Chancellery information about his conversation with the Secretary of State Mark Rubio on Tuesday, he did not receive a study from her on the course of plenary talks in the White House.
Sikorski besides raised issues raised by the Financial Times and the Washington Post concerning the freezing of hundreds of millions of dollars intended to strengthen the defence of NATO's east flank countries, including the Baltic States. He stressed that U.S. military means and presence should focus where there is simply a real threat, that is, on the east border of the Alliance.
Answer for Bielan
Foreign Minister reported that in addition to talking to Colby at the Pentagon, he plans to meet Kevin Hassette, manager of the National economical Council at the White House. Referring to the words of Euro MP Adam Bielan, who stated that he was not welcome in the White House, he ironically pointed out that he was willing to check whether the American administration itself shared that opinion.
With Kevin Hasset, president Trump's economical advisor, I have known myself longer than any who are in Warsaw. He answered.
Meeting with General Kellogg
On Thursday evening, the abroad Minister posted a photograph and video of a gathering with General Kellogg on social media, showing their cordial welcome. The entry stressed the importance of the unity of the US and Europe in the issue of Ukraine and expressed his gratitude for the words of support.
General Kellogg made this publication available, stressing that he enjoyed gathering the Polish minister. He besides pointed out that the conversation afraid the war between Russia and Ukraine, actions to end it and Poland's peculiar function in the European safety system.
General Kellogg was to discuss with Sikorski, among others, the details of Donald Trump's telephone conversation with the leaders of the states that formed the "voluntary coalition", including Prime Minister Donald Tuski and president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski.
The White House's communications show that Trump urged European countries to halt buying Russian oil and gas and to increase force on China. Sikorski welcomed this declaration, while noting that the president of the United States had inactive not made the final decision on how long to tolerate Vladimir Putin's actions. He hoped that the talks held by president Nawrocki, Prime Minister Tusk and himself would lead to sanctions against Russia and the transportation of long-range weapons to Ukraine, which would let it to effectively destruct Russian refineries sustaining its military capabilities.