Poland will accept new US ambassador despite her ‘mistaken’ words: official

Krzysztof Szczerski, a senior foreign policy adviser to President Andrzej Duda, said the Polish head of state would accept Georgette Mosbacher’s credentials if she were posted to Warsaw despite her “unnecessary and mistaken” comments earlier this week.

During a nomination hearing in the US Senate on Tuesday, Mosbacher criticised a Polish anti-defamation law, blaming it for triggering a wave of anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, according to reports.

She also spoke in favour of Poland accepting a certain number of refugees.

The 71-year-old nominee told the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that she was ready to voice America's support for "essential freedoms" in Poland.

“I am aware of recent concerns about respect for democratic institutions in Poland — freedom of speech, the independence of the judiciary, and the rule of law — and I am ready to voice our strong support for these essential freedoms if I am confirmed as ambassador,” Mosbacher said, as quoted on the foreign.senate.gov website.

Szczerski told Polish private radio broadcaster RMF FM on Friday that, regardless of the comments that Mosbacher made during her nomination hearing, she "will be a representative of our ally.”

He also said that relations between Poland and the United States were determined not by individuals, but by both nations' interests, Poland's PAP news agency reported.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP/RMF FM