Polish president’s office criticises Tusk government over recovery conference and Zelenskyy's attendance

Zbigniew Bogucki, head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland, has said that the absence of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk would demonstrate the Polish government's inability to manage the situation.

Source: European Pravda, citing Polish radio station RMF FM

Details: Bogucki said there is information suggesting that the Ukrainian president will most likely not attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, although he acknowledged that this has not yet been confirmed.

He stressed that the presidential team has not been involved in organising the event and argued that full responsibility rests with the government.

According to Bogucki, the government has failed to handle the matter properly, both before and after President Karol Nawrocki stripped Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle.

When the interviewer suggested that the government would probably link Zelenskyy's possible absence to the decision to strip him of the award, Bogucki dismissed that argument as an attempt to evade responsibility.

He added that neither Prime Minister Donald Tusk nor Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski had been present when Western leaders had previously discussed plans for Ukraine's reconstruction, and said the government should not justify the situation as a reaction to the withdrawal of the order.

Background:

• Polish government spokesman Adam Szłapka has said there are no indications that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk.
• He also said he was surprised by the discussion surrounding the fact that the Polish president had not been invited to the conference.

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