President Obama experienced Poland
“A good visit, which confirmed the strength of our relations: Barack Obama experienced Poland” – Polish minister of foreign affairs Radosław Sikorski assessed the American President’s recent trip. “I could see he was touched when he met with war veterans, but also with Solidarity veterans, and how attentively he listened to their thoughts on the democratisation of the Middle East, Belarus and North Africa,” he added. Sikorski pointed out that the American President confirmed that he would support the legislative initiative to make Poland’s entry into a visa-free regime with the United States “dependent on the amount of long-term stays rather than on the number of rejections – and here our stats are better.” He added: “I think this statement brings the date of our entry into the programme closer. We also promised each other tighter cooperation, especially regarding the liberation of political prisoners, and then on the democratisation of Belarus.”
Read more of Radosław Sikorski’s thoughts on the conduct and consequences of Barack Obama’s visit to Poland in today’s Gazeta Wyborcza (p.5).
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