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UPDATE: Polish, US presidents to meet on Saturday, White House confirms

22.02.2025 18:00
Polish President Andrzej Duda will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Saturday, the White House has announced, confirming media reports.
Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Polish President Andrzej Duda.Photo: PAP/Radek Pietruszka

The meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. local time, or 7:30 p.m. Warsaw time, according to Trump's schedule published by the White House.

Several Polish news outlets earlier reported that Duda and Trump would meet either at the White House or on the sidelines of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington.

The talks between Duda and Trump come a day after Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski attended the CPAC conference and met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington to discuss Russia's nearly three-year-old war against Ukraine and efforts to bring peace to the country.

'No other way to stop bloodshed and achieve lasting peace'

Duda said on Friday he had spoken on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss ways of achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine and the US administration's negotiations with Moscow.

"I conveyed to him that we consistently believe there is no other way to stop the bloodshed and achieve lasting peace in Ukraine except with the support of the United States," Duda wrote on X.

Duda urges 'calm and constructive cooperation' with Trump

"For this reason, I suggested to President Zelensky to remain committed to the course of calm and constructive cooperation with US President Donald Trump," Duda added.

"I trust that good will and honesty form the foundation of the U.S. negotiation strategy," Duda also said in his post.

Trump 'guided by a deep sense of responsibility for global stability'

The Polish president further shared that he was in "no doubt that President Trump is guided by a deep sense of responsibility for global stability and peace."

Poland’s National Security Council is set to convene on Monday for key discussions on national unity in the face of international challenges, following a decision by Duda earlier this week.

Monday will mark three years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Poland's neighbour to the east.

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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl