Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski visits Washington

Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski met with, among others, Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congressman Brian Mast, Chairman of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Congressman Rick Crawford, Special Presidential Envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, and Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett.

The talks focused on security in Europe and the world, in particular in the context of the situation in Ukraine. The meetings also covered the presence of US troops in Poland, the possibility of Poland joining the G20, and potential security guarantees for Ukraine.

Deputy Prime Minister Sikorski stated that it is necessary to establish a formula for a lasting peace and that a ceasefire is only possible on terms accepted and observed by both parties to the conflict.

The officials also discussed the issue of using frozen Russian assets by the Western countries and the need to strengthen effective sanctions against Russia. All interlocutors stressed the benefits stemming from the transatlantic cooperation, Polish-US relations being part of it.

Apart from meetings with the representatives of US authorities, Minister Radosław Sikorski also talked with experts from leading think tanks, including the Center for American Progress, the Institute for the Study on War, the America First Policy Institute, the Atlantic Council, the American Enterprise Institute, and the German Marshall Fund.

After visiting Washington, Deputy Prime Minister Sikorski went to New York.