MFA head meets with John Kerry

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. They mainly talked about the upcoming July NATO summit in Warsaw and the security of NATO's eastern flank, but there was also "marginal" discussions about Poland's internal affairs. PAP reports that the meeting of the two diplomats lasted around half an hour. After the conclusion of the talks, Waszczykowski revealed that he also asked the US to "urge Russia to increase cooperation with us," in the realm of reopening the 2010 Smoleńsk airplane disaster investigation, noting that the Secretary of State's reaction was "positive". The Foreign Minister also added that the two discussed the need for visas for Poles in the US, but that "there was no positive response on the matter." It was also revealed that Kerry accepted Waszczykowski's invitation to come to Warsaw, and will visit the Polish capital within the next few weeks. There was also no announcement on whether President Andrzej Duda would get a chance to have a more personal meeting with Barack Obama when he comes to Washington, D.C. in March for a nuclear security summit.