Andrzej Duda was on Thursday scheduled to attend an event wrapping up the fundraiser for the Kosciuszko National Park, which has been devastated by wildfires.
The “Polish aid for Australia" fundraiser was initiated by a group of firefighters in southern Poland aiming to help the Australian national park, which is named after 18th-century Polish military leader Gen. Tadeusz Kościuszko.
The Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales has played a “symbolic role in the history of Polish-Australian relations” and is “particularly important for Poles and the Polish community" in that country, according to the Polish president’s website.
The funds raised will be transferred to the Australian Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife, the Polish president’s office has said.
(gs/pk)
Source: president.pl