President Barack Obama Photo: PAP/EPADuring President Obama’s upcoming visit to Poland for bilateral talks, Polish Radio has obtained unofficial information that the agenda is to include talks on shale gas and American F-16s which are to be stationed in the country.
The US president is to arrive in Warsaw on the afternoon of the 27 May and will take part in the 17th Meeting of Presidents of Central European States, after which he is to attend a formal dinner with President Bronislaw Komorowski.
The next day, on 28 May, Obama is to hold talks with President Bronislaw Komorowski as well as Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
According to unofficial information obtained by Polish Radio, one of the main topics on the agenda is to concern the exploration of shale gas.
In April, the American Energy Information Administration published a report which stated that Poland currently has shale gas reserves amounting to 5.3 billion cubic metres. The analysis estimated that the reserves would be enough to supply the country with energy for the next 300 years.
The bilateral talks are also to touch upon the subject of the stationing of American F-16s on Polish territory.
The USAF squadron comprised of 16 F-16s and four Hercules aircraft is to station in Lask, central Poland, from mid-2013. The move comes as Bronislaw Komorowski first spoke to his American counterpart in Washington in December over the issue. (jb)