Nawrocki’s spokesman, Rafał Leśkiewicz, said the council would also examine Poland’s participation in the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defence programme.
Leśkiewicz accused lower-house Speaker Włodzimierz Czarzasty of having ties with Moscow, saying the matter would also be discussed at the meeting.
“President Karol Nawrocki has called a meeting of the National Security Council, which will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 2 p.m.,” Leśkiewicz wrote on social media.
He said the agenda would cover three issues: a government loan linked to the implementation of the SAFE programme; Poland’s invitation to participate in the Board of Peace; and "actions by state authorities to clarify all the circumstances" surrounding Czarzasty’s alleged social and business contacts with figures "in the East."
Nawrocki, a pro-Trump conservative, attended the launch of the US leader's Board of Peace last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
While he was present at the signing ceremony, Polish media reported that he did not sign the initiative’s founding charter.
At the time, Nawrocki said Poland viewed participation in the initiative as important but added that any international agreement must fully comply with the country’s constitution and legal procedures.
In late January, the European Commission approved Poland’s national plan for spending defence funds under the SAFE programme, paving the way for Warsaw to become its largest beneficiary.
Czarzasty, a left-wing politician, said on Monday that he would not support efforts to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, arguing that the US president did not merit the award.
The National Security Council serves as an advisory body to the president and includes senior officials such as the prime minister, the Speakers of both houses of parliament, the defence, interior and foreign ministers, and other prominent politicians from both the government and opposition.
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Source: IAR, PAP, polskieradio24.pl