UPDATE: Polish FM visits London to accept Chatham House Prize for PM Tusk

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski visited London on Wednesday to receive the 2024 Chatham House Prize on behalf of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Poland's top diplomat Radosław Sikorski (right) collects the 2024 Chatham House Prize for Donald Tusk from former UK Prime Minister John Major (left) in London on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

Photo: PAP/Marcin Obara

Tusk was honored with the award for his "unwavering commitment to restoring democracy in Poland."

Today in London, on behalf of Prime Minister @donaldtusk, FM @sikorskiradek received the @ChathamHouse award.

The award was given to Prime Minister Donald Tusk in recognition of his efforts towards restoring democracy and the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/Lnfs4kaB1E

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) July 17, 2024

The Chatham House Prize is an annual accolade, established in 2005, given to individuals or organizations deemed by the institute's members to have made significant contributions to international relations over the past year.

💬 Britain and Poland had excellent relations under the previous 🇵🇱 and 🇬🇧 governments, and they will continue to have them under new governments in both countries.

| FM @sikorskiradek while accepting the @ChathamHouse award on behalf of PM @donaldtusk pic.twitter.com/kg0UuKyaxF

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) July 17, 2024

Previous recipients include former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, the Doctors Without Borders organization, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

💬 I want to emphasize how important it is to restore democracy, also as an example for other countries.

Democracy is currently under threat.

| FM @sikorskiradek while accepting the @ChathamHouse award on behalf of PM @donaldtusk pic.twitter.com/j8wAM07m1c

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) July 17, 2024

In June, the institute recognized Tusk for his efforts in "restoring democracy in Poland, rebuilding institutions, and upholding the principles of the rule of law."

We are delighted to announce that the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has been awarded this year’s Chatham House Prize for his work restoring democracy in Poland.

We look forward to welcoming the Prime Minister to @ChathamHouse in July to accept the award.#CHLondon pic.twitter.com/leycqkEZrp

— Chatham House (@ChathamHouse) June 20, 2024

Chatham House, officially known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a leading global think tank on international affairs, established in 1920.

🇵🇱 @RadekSikorski, Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (@PolandMFA), accepted the @ChathamHouse Prize on behalf of Prime Minister @DonaldTusk.

📃 (...) So many times in our history, moral centrist democrats have abdicated in the face of extremisms, which all too often leads to… pic.twitter.com/IPPCrgrg3K

— Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (@PremierRP_en) July 17, 2024

Source: PAP

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