On Friday, the presidents of Poland and the United States – Karol Nawrocki and Donald Trump – held a telephone conversation, during which they discussed, among other things, transatlantic relations and security in the region in connection with the war in Ukraine, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland reported. It emphasized that particular attention was devoted to progress in peace arrangements.
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland informed about the conversation in a post on X.
“Today, another telephone conversation took place between the President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, and the President of the United States, Donald Trump. At the beginning, the presidents exchanged Christmas greetings,”
the statement said.
It added that “in the subsequent part of the conversation, Karol Nawrocki and Donald Trump addressed the state of transatlantic relations and security in the region in connection with the ongoing war in Ukraine caused by the Russian Federation, in particular, they discussed progress in peace arrangements.”
As indicated in the post, the leaders also discussed Poland’s participation in the work of the G20, Polish-American economic cooperation, and issues related to the energy sector.
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland noted that the conversation took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
Later, the head of the Presidential Office of International Policy, Marcin Przydacz, told the media that the conversation between Nawrocki and Trump was relatively long and that the presidents covered a wide range of topics, with “the first and most important being security in the region of Central and Eastern Europe, also in the context of the current situation in Ukraine.”
They also discussed negotiations taking place between Washington, Kyiv, Moscow, as well as some Western European countries. “Our position here is clear, and President Nawrocki also stated it: Vladimir Putin is the aggressor in this war, which is obvious to everyone, and it is Vladimir Putin who should primarily make concessions in these negotiations with regard to his demands and expectations,” Przydacz said.