Polish presidential adviser Marcin Przydacz told TVN24 that a meeting on October 8 between President Andrzej Duda and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski over ambassador nominations was not worth celebrating, stating, “Maybe there was nothing to brag about.”
President’s Adviser on Meeting with Sikorski
On TVN24, Marcin Przydacz explained that he met with President Duda and Minister Sikorski on October 8 to discuss a conflict over ambassador nominations. When asked why the Presidential Office did not praise the meeting, he replied that “there was nothing to brag about.” Przydacz also referred to a letter published by Sikorski to Karol Nawrocki, in which he listed “proposals for solving the problem.” He added that the fact of the meeting was “one of the few true things in that letter.”
Przydacz on Sikorski’s Letter
The adviser said a proposed plan in the letter did not reflect what was actually agreed. He imagined a private meeting where they decided on actions A, B, C, D and wrote them in a letter. Upon reading it, the letter instead read “not A, not B, not C.” When asked how such a counterpart could be taken seriously, Przydacz answered that appropriate measures would be taken to reach a compromise and that meetings would be held soon.
He also noted that Minister Sikorski had yet to respond to the letter, and he expects his approach to temper after the new year, moving away from political rivalry and personal ambition.
Ambassador Nomination Dispute
The letter was published by Sikorski on December 2. In it, a presidential adviser publicly claimed that Karol Nawrocki had approached him with a proposal to conclude the nomination of 40 Polish ambassadors, which was allegedly supposed to be rejected; the adviser said the opposite. At the start of Sikorski’s term, dozens of ambassadors were dismissed, but many newly appointed diplomats have not yet received recommendations from the Presidential Palace. Initially this was not done by President Duda, and now Nawrocki also refuses to approve.
Among the vacancies are key embassies, such as in the United States, where the post is headed by government‑appointed Bogdan Klich. Both Duda and Nawrocki have not accepted this name. The government maintains that foreign policy and embassy staffing are the responsibility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the Presidential Palace insists that such nominations, following long‑standing tradition, should first be discussed with the president and then approved by relevant institutions.
