“Listening to the government spokesman, I was rubbing my eyes in astonishment. I don’t know why they chose that form of communication,” said the head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Paweł Szefernaker, on TV Republika, commenting on Adam Szłapka’s statement. Szefernaker also spoke about how Donald Trump greeted Karol Nawrocki.
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka announced on Tuesday that Prime Minister Donald Tusk would take part in Wednesday’s planned talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and leaders of European countries. However, it quickly turned out that this would not be the case, and Poland was instead represented at the talks by President Karol Nawrocki. This was the wish of Donald Trump’s administration.
“We knew the day before the connection with President Trump that this conference would take place,” the head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland said yesterday in an interview with TV Republika.
“Listening to the government spokesman, I was rubbing my eyes in astonishment. I don’t know why they chose that form of communication. We decided that we would do our job and not communicate it beforehand. There was no need for that. We announced it when the president was already connected,”
Paweł Szefernaker said.
What was the conversation between President Trump and European leaders, including Karol Nawrocki, like?
“During this conversation, he spoke and expressed Poland’s position on the matter. He was warmly received by President Trump during the conversation. He said that on August 15, we celebrate an important holiday for us, the anniversary of the battle in which the Bolshevik path to Europe was stopped on the Vistula. August 15 is also, symbolically, today’s meeting between President Trump and Putin. President Nawrocki wished that he would also stop what is happening in Ukraine, also on August 15,” said the head of the Chancellery of the President.
The Nawrocki-Tusk meeting: “The Prime Minister is not in an easy situation”
Paweł Szefernaker also revealed the background of the Nawrocki-Tusk meeting. He added that the request for the meeting reached the Chancellery of the President of Poland late yesterday afternoon.
“I have the impression that Prime Minister Tusk and his team drew conclusions and asked for a meeting with the president. I think the lesson was learned in that President Nawrocki is a president with a very strong mandate, elected with record voter turnout in Poland in the second round, and who will be very active in carrying out his presidency,” Szefernaker said on TV Republika.
He also emphasized that “the Prime Minister is not in an easy situation, due to a series of various events and mistakes.” “The meeting concerned international and security matters. The president presented the principles on which cooperation should be based,” the head of the Chancellery of the President concluded.