President Andrzej Duda announced that he had a telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump. – I wanted to convey to all my compatriots – as I have just been asked – my best wishes, Duda said. He said he would meet with Trump before he officially takes over as president of the United States.
Andrzej Duda announced on Monday before his flight to Azerbaijan for the climate summit that he spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump. This is their first conversation since the US elections. It was held on Trump's initiative.
– I would like to convey to all my compatriots – as I have just been asked – the best wishes from the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump. I literally just had a conversation with the president, he called to express his best wishes on our holiday. He also asked to thank Poles for their support. First of all, Poles living in the United States who voted in the elections, Duda said.
Duda: Trump promised to remember Poland
Duda said that during the conversation, Donald Trump said that he “knows that the vast majority of Poles in the United States voted for him” and that he is grateful for it.
– He said that he remembers Poland, that he promises all of us here in the country and in the United States that he will always remember Poland, in the best sense of the word, so I convey these warm wishes in connection with our Independence Day and his thanks for the electoral support – said the president.
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Andrzej Duda will meet with Donald TrumpLeszek Szymański/PAP
“We have a lot of topics to discuss”
Duda also said that he and Trump had agreed that their meeting would take place before Trump officially takes over as US president, which will take place in January. A specific meeting date has not been set yet.
– Poland takes over the presidency of the European Union. One of our priorities is to strengthen ties between the European Union and the United States, so we want to talk to the president-elect about this, among other things, he said.
– We have initially outlined the most important topics of the conversation, they are obvious: security issues, issues of economic cooperation between Poland and the United States – Duda said.
Topics during the meeting between Duda and Trump will also include the situation in… Ukraine. – The president-elect asked me about my assessment of this situation. We have a lot of these topics to discuss, added the Polish president.
On social media, Andrzej Duda published an entry in English in which he said he congratulated Trump on his “historic comeback and decisive victory in the presidential elections.” “We also agreed to organize our meeting in the US in the coming weeks,” Duda wrote.