WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation this week to Poland, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, and the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Joining Senator Coons’ delegation is Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.).
In Poland, the delegation is expected to meet with President Andrzej Duda; Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski; Minister Mieszko Pawlak, Head of the International Policy Bureau; and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz; and visit Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw. In Slovakia, the delegation will meet with President Zuzana Caputova, Prime Minister Robert Fico, Defense Minister Robert Kalinak, and Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar.
In both countries, the delegation will discuss with the new governments in Warsaw and Bratislava how to maintain and bolster the strong relationship between the United States and its two fellow NATO allies, particularly in response to Russia’s two-year unprovoked war against Ukraine.
After meeting with Alois, Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein, the delegation will join other international leaders in government and business at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for a broader conversation on priorities in the new year. The forum provides a unique opportunity to strengthen ties between values-aligned nations in an increasingly uncertain world. At Davos, Senator Coons will participate in the panel “Securing an Insecure World” with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar, and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
“Our meetings with government leaders in Poland and Slovakia are critical steps toward reassuring close allies that the United States remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s freedom in the face of Russia’s continued and brutal aggression,” said Senator Coons. “At the World Economic Forum – where this year’s theme is ‘Rebuilding Trust’ – it’s important that a bipartisan delegation goes to Davos to raise our flag and say that the United States will stand by its allies and keep its commitments around the world.”
Senator Coons is Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Rounds is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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