Karol Nawrocki was sworn in as president of Poland on Wednesday. 1 of his first actions is to be a gathering with the abroad Minister. As president of the elect, he expressed his desire to talk to Radosław Sikorski about, among others, ambassadorial nominations.
Radosław Sikorski will meet with Karol Nawrocki
Marcin Przycz, liable for global affairs at the President's Chancellery, informed in an interview with Radio 1 that the invitation to the talks had been issued. He pointed out that many institutions presently deficiency ambassadors, and the reason for this situation are, among others, decisions on appeals and the deficiency of fresh appointments.
– No 1 has always paralyzed abroad service like Radosław Sikorski in the past of the 3rd Republic of Poland in the last year – said Przycz.
He besides added that preliminary findings are being made with the environment of the head of the MFA. However, he pointed out that further action could be conditional on whether "minister Sikorski would have approval from Prime Minister Tusk to close this dispute, or on the contrary, he would want to ignite it".
Karol Nawrocki had already declared his readiness to talk with the abroad Minister. He stressed that the President's powers to appoint and dismiss ambassadors were clearly defined in the Constitution.
A dispute over ambassadors
As we wrote in NaTemat.pl, the dispute between the Chancellery of the president and the Ministry of abroad Affairs has been increasing since March 2024. At the time, MFA chief Radosław Sikorski announced the completion of the mission of more than 50 ambassadors and withdrew any of the candidatures submitted by the erstwhile management of the ministry.
In response, Andrzej Duda announced that no Polish ambassador would be called or cancelled without his signature. The deficiency of agreement made the president refuse to nominate successors to the cancelled ambassadors.
As a result, any diplomatic missions remained without ambassadors, and the responsibilities of chargé d’affaires, i.e. temporary heads of mission who do not have the ambassador's power of attorney, due to the fact that they were not formally approved by the President.
This is the case in the USA, where Bogdan Klich replaced Marek Magierowski. Andrzej Duda has repeatedly stressed that he does not consider Klich to be a suitable candidate for the position of Ambassador to Washington.
