Poland’s foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski is making an appeal today in parliament about the nature of the country's diplomacy this year.

 

The speech will be followed by a debate, attended by President Komorowski, and the majority of the leading figures in Polish politics.

Polish Radio managed to obtain a draft of the address in which, among other matters, Sikorski elaborates why the government has abandoned the “everything that is bad for Russia, must be good for Poland” ethos.

Sikorski challenges the stance of opposition politicians, postulating that for reasons of “the greatest patriotism,” they accuse the cabinet of Donald Tusk of serving the interests of nations like Russia.

The minister argues that Poland has adopted a policy of realism, not so that the country abandons its ideals, but rather so that they can be realised.

Sikorski believes that “in the eyes of our partners, Poland is becoming a country that is all the more serious and esteemed.”

He argues that Poland has an increasingly positive press in Europe, and that partners have expectations that the Poles will soon join the single currency.

Sikorski is the first Polish foreign minister since 1989 to have carried out the full four-year term of office in the position. (nh/jb)

Source: IAR