US policy on Russia will not change, Polish FM says after talks with US official
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Victoria Bieniek
27.07.2018 08:54
The United States will not change its policy as regards Russia, US President Donald Trump's security advisor told Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz in Washington, Polish Radio's IAR news agency reported.
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz. Photo: Kancelaria Sejmu/Rafał Zambrzycki
Following a recent meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, after which Trump was accused of being soft on Russia, Czaputowicz said John Bolton assured him that there would be no shift in Washington's attitude towards Moscow and that Polish and regional security would be guaranteed, IAR reported.
Czaputowicz also spoke to Bolton about military partnership, Russia's planned Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the Polish president's future trip to the US.
Czaputowicz said the US was against Nord Stream 2, a pipeline which will send Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea, bypassing Poland and other countries in the region, because the project will have negative geopolitical effects.
The project is also opposed by Poland.
The Polish foreign minister also said that Polish President Andrzej Duda will visit the White House later this year.
A decision on whether the US will boost its troop numbers in Poland is also expected later this year, Czaputowicz said.
“We are prepared to take part in the cost of developing infrastructure to accommodate American troops in Poland,” Czaputowicz told Polish Radio. (vb/pk)
Source: IAR