Azerbaijani President Congratulates Poland's President-Elect Nawrocki

Karol Nawrocki, the newly elected President of Poland, has expressed strong intentions to strengthen regional cooperation through the Visegrád Group, which includes Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In his first foreign interview, Nawrocki emphasized Hungary as a key partner and expressed a desire to establish productive relations with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He highlighted the importance of reinforcing NATO's eastern flank and the Bucharest Nine as part of the region's security framework. While Poland continues to support Ukraine strategically against Russian threats, Nawrocki opposed Ukraine's plans to join the European Union, stressing that regional countries have their own interests that Ukraine must acknowledge. His election is seen as a shift away from the previous liberal government led by Donald Tusk, reviving nationalist and Eurosceptic approaches aligned more closely with Orbán’s policies. Additionally, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Nawrocki on his election, signaling continued goodwill and cooperation between Azerbaijan and Poland.