The President of Poland Andrzej Duda, according to media reports, in the near future may visit the United States. It is expected that at a possible meeting with Donald trump will be closed on the issue of deploying additional us military forces in the country. If the visit will take place, the outcome can change the balance of the Polish presidential campaign.
The President of Poland Andrzej Duda may soon visit the White house for a meeting with his us counterpart Donald trump, reports Politico, citing informed sources in both governments.
According to the publication, visit Duda in Washington could take place next week.
If the visit does take place, Duda to become the first world leader to have visited trump at his official residence in Washington since the start of the pandemic coronavirus.
Presumably, the main purpose of the meeting was discussion of the agreement on the military base “Fort trump”, implying the deployment of additional American troops in Poland. Prior to that, the President and Prime Minister of Poland expressed interest in the prospect.
The issue of strengthening the US military presence in Poland rose after the announcement about the reduction of U.S. troops in Germany. It is noted that if at least half of the military, which removed from Germany, will be located in Poland, American troops in the country will increase twice.
“I very much hope that as a result of many talks that we had, and demonstrate how a solid NATO partners we are, a part of which is now in Germany and inferred from there, US soldiers do get to Poland” — said the head of the Polish Cabinet Mateusz Morawiecki.
Judging by the statements of Polish and American politicians and insider media, the question of increasing the American military presence in Poland is actually solved.
The Financial Times 1 June wrote that the United States almost agreed with Poland about placing in the Republic of additional troops.
According to media reports, the total number of us units on the territory of that state may reach 5.5 thousand people. As explained to journalists in Poland can send up to 1 million new soldiers. They will build a special training center. Command hopes that this will help to “improve the quality” of the American group, said in the article.
Duda has more than once appealed to the Pentagon with a request to increase military presence in the country and even promised to build a base called “Fort trump” for $2 billion. however, as the newspaper notes, the issue of financing the enlarged group is not yet solved to the end.
The strengthening of the U.S. presence in Poland is fraught with consequences. This step would be a violation of Snoopalgusega act of Russia-NATO, namely the provisions on the placement of “substantive” in the number of military Alliance near the Russian border. In this case, the reinforcement of American troops on Polish territory will create additional tension between NATO and Russia, which hardly meets the interests of the Alliance.
In the Financial Times noted that officially, there is a relevant agreement will be announced during the visit of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda in Washington.
Apparently, this meeting will not take long to wait.
In the White house for a possible visit of the Polish President refused to comment, and the Polish Embassy in the US said they did not have any information about the meeting of presidents.
After the publication of the material Politico, the representative of the office of the President of Poland Krzysztof Merski said: “If it comes to such an official invitation, it will be such a visit and such a meeting”. He stressed that Warsaw is an invitation do waiting, because the two leaders have much to discuss.
It is noteworthy that the meeting between the two leaders could take place ahead of 28 June presidential elections in Poland, which Duda intends to be elected for a second term.
In this context, the meeting with trump and reaching agreement about the increase of American troops in Poland can play a significant role in the presidential campaign Duda.
In his situation this support can be critical. According to a recent poll Maison&Partners, Andrzej Duda gets the majority of votes in the first round, but they will not be sufficient to complete the campaign.
In the second round the dude loses both of its potential opponents, gaining not more than 42% of the vote.
“the players have done a good job with President trump and his administration. But Poland is in the final presidential election, and Duda has faced strong competition from several credible candidates, says Politico, former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Daniel fried, who is now a member of the Atlantic Council. — Visit Duda in the United States in this context may see as interference from Washington in the Affairs of Poland. Not a good idea.”
