President Karol Nawrocki and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski attended the UN General Assembly on Tuesday . Both Sikorski and the Chancellery of the President posted joint photos on social media, showing the politicians talking and smiling at each other.

When asked on Tuesday about his relations with Sikorski, Nawrocki said, among other things, that “despite our differences, we are able to represent Poland on the international stage” and “we leave our disputes for our internal discussions.”

Szłapka: a unified message strengthens our position

Government spokesman Adam Szłapka stated on TVN24’s “Fakty po Faktach” that “we must present the Polish position externally.” “Poland has one foreign policy, and I think that cooperation between the government and the president should be as good as possible,” he added.

He emphasized that when the government and the president present a “uniform message,” it “significantly strengthens our international position.” “I think that all serious political forces in Poland have no doubt that the Russian Federation and Vladimir Putin pose a threat to the entire Western world, including Poland, ” Szłapka said.

– No one serious in the Polish political sphere had any doubts that that drone attack was intentional – he added.

According to a government spokesman, when we learned on the night of September 9-10 that Polish airspace had been violated, the President of the Republic of Poland and the Prime Minister “acted really well.” “Cooperation between the government and the president was beyond reproach,” he said.

“The NATO treaty is not a piece of paper”

The government spokesman was also asked about the US president’s position on shooting down Russian aircraft violating NATO airspace. Donald Trump responded affirmatively on Tuesday when asked whether NATO member states should shoot down Russian aircraft and facilities if they violate their borders.

“If an object violates (our) space, the military—of course, in consultation and cooperation with allies—makes decisions here. And such a decision was also made on the night of September 9-10,” Szłapka replied.

In this context, he also recalled that the Prime Minister and the President jointly decided to activate Article 4 of the NATO Treaty , i.e. consultations with the Alliance countries. Szłapka noted that our allies had given us “unequivocal support” and that allied air forces had assisted in shooting down the Russian drones.

“In this context, these words (of Trump) are very important because they also have deterrent potential and show that we are united as one. The North Atlantic Treaty is not a piece of paper,” said the government spokesman.