Polish president to visit Paris

Polish President Andrzej Duda is on Wednesday scheduled to visit Paris for talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Polish President Andrzej Duda (right) and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (left) meet in Warsaw on Feb. 3, 2020.

Photo: Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP

The talks are expected to focus on bilateral business ties in areas including energy, as well as on security policy and "the cooperation of both countries within the European Union and the protection of the EU's border," according to officials in Warsaw.

Prezydent @AndrzejDuda uda się jutro z roboczą wizytą do Paryża, gdzie będzie rozmawiał z Prezydentem Francji @EmmanuelMacron. Wśród tematów: współpraca polsko-francuska w kwestiach gospodarczych, energetycznych, bezpieczeństwa oraz ochrony granic #UE. https://t.co/aPPFkimuka pic.twitter.com/1oPJOQZR8U

— Biuro Polityki Międzynarodowej (@BPM_KPRP) October 26, 2021

The Polish president will be accompanied to Paris by a delegation of officials including his foreign policy adviser Jakub Kumoch and the head of the National Security Bureau, Paweł Soloch. 

Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk and Deputy Environment Minister Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński are also set to travel to Paris with Duda.

The Polish president is due to arrive at Elysée Palace at around 1 p.m., public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.

France’s state-controlled utility EDF this month offered to build up to six nuclear reactors in Poland, with a total installed capacity of up to 9.9 GWe, according to a report.

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Source: IAR, prezydent.pl