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BOOSTING POLAND’S SECURITY AND POLISH-US ECONOMIC RELATIONS Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata KornhauserDuda were officially welcomed at the White House on September 18 by US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania. President Duda and President Trump signed a bilateral declaration on cooperation in security, defence, energy, trade and investment. Donald Trump described Polish-American relations as excellent. He noted that Poland's security was very important to him. "According to President Trump, a permanent presence of US troops in Poland lies in the interests of the US,” Polish President Andrzej Duda told reporters after the meeting. The Polish head of state declared that permanent US bases in Poland would neither worsen security in the region nor increase militarisation. Referring to business relations, President Andrzej Duda said: “Poland is eager to welcome US enterprise. Poland is developing at a growing pace and offers excellent investment opportunities.” He told a press conference at the White House that he and President Trump discussed openings for US investors in Poland, and remarked that Poland was an attractive business partner. He added that Poland's commercial ties with the US could expand onto the Three Seas Initiative grouping
together Central and Eastern Europ ea n a nd Balkan countries. President Duda also said that energy cooperation with the US was of key importance to Poland, and that threats to European energy security were among the topics discussed with President Trump. In a joint declaration, the two countries pledged to review possibilities to reinforce US military presence in Poland and to oppose energy projects threatening common security, like Nord Steam 2.
(Sources: PAP, PAIH Newsletter, President.pl), Photos: president.pl
THE THREE SEAS INITIATIVE SUMMIT "Countries of the Three Seas Initiative wish to build and are in fact building an active and effective Central Europe,” President Andrzej Duda told a two-day summit of the Initiative in the Romanian capital Bucharest September 17. "Fully aware of existing challenges, we carry on our ambitious policy of modernisation of regions," President Duda said during a debate devoted to the role of Three Seas countries in international politics. The panel discussion, which was entitled "The Three Seas Initiative in a Challenging International Context," was attended by the leaders of Austria, Croatia and Romania. The Polish leader welcomed the fact that, in the three years since the launching of the initiative, cooperation among participating countries had reached an advanced stage. He described both the summit and the first Business Forum which accompanied it as extremely important.
DOING BUSINESS WITH DOWN UNDER Poland's President Andrzej Duda officially opened a Foreign Trade Office in Sydney on August 21. "This is our fiftieth office which we have set up in foreign countries. It marks the final step in the transformation of Poland’s economic diplomacy," Tomasz Pisula, President of the Polish Investment & Trade Agency (PAIH) said. "Since the beginning of my presidency, I promised to support these great ambitions, which PAIH has when it comes to facilitating Polish expansion in global markets," President Andrzej Duda said. The Sydney-based office is the third foreign representation of the Agency opened by the President. On his visit Down Under, Andrzej Duda was accompanied by the heads of key Polish mining, energy and high-tech companies. "We have plenty of solutions, which could be interesting for Australian investors," he said. On the day of the symbolic start of the Polish Investment & Trade Agency representation, companies took part in Polish-Australian Technology and Innovation in Resource and Energy Conference.
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