Trump to arrive in Poland on Wednesday
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US President Donald Trump will arrive in Warsaw on Wednesday at 10 PM and leave for the G20 Summit in Germany the next day. Trump will be accompanied by first lady Melanie Trump. During his two-day stay, he will give a public speech on pl. Krasińskich in front of the monument honoring the Warsaw Uprising on Thursday. Trump will also meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda, and attend the Three Seas Initiative summit. “It’s a developing project with a positive message of more investments, cohesion, better EU, and European Unity,” presidential advisor Krzysztof Szczerski said.
The summit was moved to Warsaw from Wrocław, to accommodate Trump.
The Three Seas Initiative comprises Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia. The leaders of these countries will meet to discuss strengthening and integrating the region through the development of energy and infrastructure ties in the territory running from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Adriatic in the south and the Black Sea in the east. The initiative is to raise the region's standing in Europe, but also to make it attractive as an economic partner for the US.
Trump will also promote exports of US energy resources, including LNG, which Poland is eager to import to cut its dependence on Russian gas. Earlier this month, Poland received its first shipment of the US LNG bought at a spot auction. However, state-owned gas giant PGNiG, which made the purchase, said that it is not looking for a long-term contract with a US partner right now, although mid-term options might be taken into consideration.
According to Polish media, Trump will not meet with PM Beata Szydło, but he might meet with the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jarosław Kaczyński. The meeting would take place in Warsaw Marriott hotel, where Trump will be staying.