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Trump visit to Warsaw confirmed - White House

Trump will visit Poland

PAP - On Friday night (CET), White House confirmed that President Trump would visit Poland before the July's G20 summit in Germany.
"On 6 July, US President Donald Trump will visit Poland at the invitation of President Andrzej Duda. Discussions have been ongoing over the past weeks and accelerated after the Polish and American presidents met on the May summit", President's top aide Krzysztof Szczerski told PAP.
The White House's statement on the issue released at Friday's night (CET) reads as follows:
"President Donald J. Trump accepted the invitation of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, to visit Poland in advance of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. The visit will reaffirm America´s steadfast commitment to one of our closest European allies and emphasize the Administration´s priority of strengthening NATO´s collective defense. The leaders will discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues, deepening an alliance based on shared values and common interests. While in Poland, President Trump will deliver a major speech, and he will attend the Three Seas Initiative Summit to demonstrate our strong ties to Central Europe".
Chief of Polish President's Cabinet Krzysztof Szczerski and Poland's MFA regard the Trump's upcoming visit to Poland as the very confirmation of transatlantic ties and Poland's role in NATO;
"Poland has thus become an even stronger partner of US", Szczerski told PAP.
During the visit the presidents of the USA and Poland, as well as the leaders of the Three Seas countries, will attend the summit in Poland.
As highlighted in the statement, leaders will discuss a number of bilateral and regional issues, deepening an alliance based on common values and intrests.
Secret Service officers responsible for the safety of US President Donald Trump have arrived in Poland, the source of the PAP confirmed Friday. Every foreign visit of US presidents goes with extraordinary security measures. This was the case at the NATO summit in Warsaw in 2016 as well.
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