Poland Uninvited to Meeting with Trump. Deputy Minister Explains

"Poland is a medium-sized country. It doesn't have the international clout of Germany or the United Kingdom. However, the president of Finland has become friends with President Trump," said Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski, when asked about the lack of a Polish delegation at the summit in Washington, where Volodymyr Zelensky will be holding talks with Donald Trump. "That's not a problem," he argued.

On Monday morning, a plane carrying the Ukrainian president landed in Washington. In the evening, Volodymyr Zelensky will speak face-to-face with Donald Trump. Later, both leaders will be joined by a broad delegation of European leaders.

According to the latest information, the delegation includes, in addition to Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz , French President Emmanuel Macron , British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen , NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

There's no one from Poland among them. Neither Prime Minister Donald Tusk nor President Karol Nawrocki flew to the United States. Isn't this a failure of Polish diplomacy? asked host Marcin Fijołek.

" President (Donald - ed.) Trump is inviting you to Washington. As you can see, he didn't invite President (Karol - ed.) Nawrocki..." the deputy minister replied.

- Neither does Prime Minister (Donald - ed.) Tusk - noted the host.

Bartoszewski then noted that US presidents traditionally speak to presidents , not prime ministers. The exceptions are "the largest countries" such as Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Israel, and India.

"Poland is a medium-sized country. It doesn't have the international clout of Germany or the UK. However, the president of Finland has become friends with President Trump . Not to mention the fact that he's the president," explained the Polish diplomatic official.

Bartoszewski tried to convince the world that the lack of Polish representatives in Washington "is not a problem." "De facto, decisions will be made in a narrow, American group. European representatives are not participating in the negotiations. They will have limited influence on reality. There, decisions are made by one person," he said.

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- Yesterday, Prime Minister (Radosław - ed.) Sikorski conveyed our position during a video conference with European envoys, which is agreed and they will discuss it - said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.