Polish President Andrzej Duda plans to pay a visit to the United States in the near future, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters, answering a question about the head of state’s intentions to meet with the elected President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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“The President warned me that his visit to the United States is very likely soon. I will keep my fingers crossed,” he said, noting that Duda and Trump have a good relationship.
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“We can use this together to benefit Polish-American negotiations, especially in the context of Ukraine,” he added.
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According to Tusk, they agreed with Duda “to agree on a common position during possible contacts with President-elect Trump.”
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Earlier, Gazeta Wyborcza, citing unofficial sources, reported that Duda was due to fly to the United States on Friday evening to meet with Trump at his private residence Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Hungarian President Viktor Orban was also supposed to be there.
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It was noted that the President of Poland did not consult with the government on his trip to the United States.
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Later, the head of the Bureau of International Policy of the President of Poland, Mieszko Pawlak, denied information that Duda was flying to the United States on Friday.
