Poland's new president hopes for good relations with Hungary's Orban
The Visegrad Group, comprising Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, took a back seat after Prime Minister Donald Tusk's liberal coalition took power in 2023 from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which had close relations with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Eurosceptic Nawrocki narrowly won the Polish presidential election this month, delivering a big blow to the efforts of Tusk's centrist government to cement Warsaw's pro-European orientation.
Orban on Friday said Nawrocki's victory was 'fantastically good', hailing the success of an ally of US President Donald Trump.
'Hungary is a very important partner for Poland ... We are facing serious tasks, such as building the Visegrad Group, which will be an important format for me, as well as strengthening (military alliance) Nato's eastern flank and the Bucharest Nine,' Nawrocki told Hungarian news outlet Mandiner in the interview.
'I certainly wish to meet Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is a very effective politician, as proven by his repeated election results in Hungary. And I count on good co-operation with him, just as with other countries, in the interest of the region.'
It was not yet clear what Nawrocki's policy on Ukraine would be, but he reiterated that he opposed Kyiv's plans to join the EU.
Poland supports Ukraine strategically, because 'the greatest threat to me, as an anti-communist, and in my opinion to the entire region, is the Russian Federation,' he said.
He added that 'Ukraine must also understand that other countries — including Poland, Hungary, and other European nations — have interests of their own.'
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