The US President will attend the summit of the Three Seas Initiative.
On Friday, The White House announced that US President Donald Trump will officially visit Poland in July, before attending the G20 Summit in Germany. His visit to Poland will include a summit of the Three Seas Initiative (Adriatic-Baltic-Black Sea), reports tportal.hr on the 10th of June, 2017.
The visit should again confirm the United States’ full support to one of its closest allies and the administration’s concern to demonstrate that the strengthening of collective defense within NATO is a priority, said a spokesperson.
The visit of the US President has also been confirmed by the Polish Presidential Office, adding that it will take place on the 6th of July. Trump will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda and talk about bilateral and regional issues.
The White House stated that Trump would also give a speech and take part in the summit of the Three Seas Initiative.
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, who is one of the initiators of the Three Seas Initiative, briefly commented on the news about Trump’s participation at the summit:
“Last night, the White House announced that President Trump will come after he was invited by me and the Polish President. I have been working on this since last year and the summit of the initiative in Dubrovnik. This confirms the importance of the initiative and the fact that this is the biggest initiative which Croatia has so far launched in international relations,” said the President, pointing out that Trump’s visit will demonstrate strong ties between the United States and NATO countries, adding that this was the strategic repositioning of Croatia.
President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović spoke briefly with US President Trump during a recent NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium.
