“We believe preparatory work must begin,” Marcin Przydacz, head of President Karol Nawrocki’s International Policy Bureau, told broadcaster Polsat News.
He said the President’s Office had requested the government’s position on the matter, but the foreign ministry’s response so far was “very laconic and empty.”
To join the new international organization, Przydacz said, Poland would need both a government resolution and parliamentary approval through legislation.
“All parliamentary forces, or at least a majority, must agree,” he said.
The matter is expected to be discussed during a National Security Council meeting convened by the president for February 11, as the presidential office gauges the “readiness and temperature” of both the government and parliamentary factions.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk recently said a parliamentary debate on the issue was possible and emphasized the need to weigh all arguments “for and against.”
The Board of Peace was launched in January by Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Under its structure, members are selected by Trump for three-year terms, unless they pay over USD 1 billion for permanent membership, Polish state news agency PAP reported.
Trump is to serve as the board’s lifelong chairman with sweeping powers.
Leaders from countries including Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Belarus, Egypt, Israel, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Paraguay, Turkey and Hungary have accepted the invitation, according to the White House.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was also invited.
Among the invitees was Poland’s Nawrocki, who attended the signing ceremony but did not sign the founding document.
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Source: PAP