President Bronislaw Komorowski and his wife Anna meet the Diplomatic Corps
The year 2011 was good for Poland. A year full of challenges we were able to stand up to, President Bronisław Komorowski said on Wednesday at a meeting with the Diplomatic Corps. President Komorowski especially praised Poland positive economic result for last year.
Speaking to over 50 foreign diplomats, Komorowski said Poles today "felt less fear and had more faith in their own capabilities", and had "more optimism about the future".
Referring to last October's parliamentary elections, Bronisław Komorowski said the ballot showed Poland as a politically stable country and proved that Poles "knew how to work together towards the common good". Praising Polish economy, the President said he was pleased with last year's results and noted that the forecasts for 2012 were also promising despite the European crisis.
The President also reminded that Poland has earned praise for its December-ended EU presidency. Referring to the situation in the EU, he stressed that the community's main task was to bring order to the Eurozone without impairing its economic potential.
"This can not take place at the cost of weakening the EU's community character. It would be a historical irony if this communal spirit, imposed on the EU years ago by its (...) founding members, were to be dismantled today by the very same countries because of mistakes committed by the government of some of the member-states", the President opined.
Speaking about Poland's foreign affairs, Komorowski noted that the previous year had brought "efforts to normalise relations and attain reconcilement" with Russia. He also assured that Poland was willing to develop cooperation with Russia. He added that his 2010 Warsaw talks with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev had a step forward to improving bilateral relations.
Bronisław Komorowski added that he felt "pained" about attempts to hinder democratic change in Belarus and voiced hope for progress in Ukraine's relations with the EU. (PAP)