US State Secretary Tillerson to visit Poland

The US State Secretary Rex Tillerson will visit Warsaw on Friday on his last leg of European tour following trips to London, Paris, and Davos. He will leave Poland on Friday evening. Tillerson will meet with President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz. to discuss regional security and cooperation. According to a representative of the US Department of State said that the trip is a continuation of President Donald Trump's visit to Warsaw in July 2017 and it will be a good opportunity to strengthen the alliance with Poland. He will also visit Monument to the Ghetto Heroes to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi-German Auschwitz death camp. The European trip was in jeopardy as the US government entered shutdown phase, but Tillerson decided to proceed with the visit despite it.