Biden-Duda meeting in Rzeszów delayed over plane malfunction

The two presidents' itinerary in Rzeszów will be slightly changed as a result of the delay. Pictured Joe Biden (C) in Rzeszów airport. Darek Delmanowicz/PAP

President Andrzej Duda's meeting with US President Joe Biden in the south-eastern town of Rzeszów has been delayed owing to Duda's plane having to turn back to Warsaw.

Duda's foreign policy aide Jakub Kumoch said that the president's aircraft had to turn back owing to a malfunction, and that the president would travel to Rzeszów in a reserve plane.

Kumoch said the two presidents' itinerary in Rzeszów will be slightly changed as a result of the delay.

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