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Disinfo: The Three Seas Initiative is an American project against the European Union

Summary

No one outside Warsaw sees the success of the Three Seas Initiative – the Polish authorities present this “fantasy” project as if it already existed. There is one interesting sentence in the recent article of a new Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau – he states that the Three Seas Initiative, this American project for Europe, is limited to the countries of the European Union. This statement is important as so far, Poland has claimed to be the Ambassador of non-EU countries – Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, etc. (what was in line with the American recommendations). Suddenly, [in the case of the Three Seas Initiative], Poland limits itself within the EU countries – in this situation, it becomes clear that the Three Seas Initiative is an American project against the European Union.

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Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the  US presence in Europe.

The Three Seas Initiative is a forum of 12 countries from Central and Eastern Europe launched in 2015. The main goal of this Initiative is to promote better connectivity among the Member States, with a particular focus on infrastructure and energy. The main projects discussed at the forums of the Three Seas Initiative are the Via Carpathia, Baltic-Adriatic Corridor, Via Baltica, Rail Baltica and the LNG infrastructure in Poland and Croatia.

See similar messages such as Three Seas Initiative is a geopolitical concept designed to promote American interests, Aim of the Eastern Partnership is to separate Russia’s neighbours from it, and Three Seas Initiative is a tool of American hegemony in post-Soviet areas surrounding Russia.

This message appeared in the same article as the claim that the only inspiration for the Polish foreign policy are the phone calls from the US Embassy.

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Sputnik Poland (Archived)
  • Reported in: Issue 214
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 30/09/2020
  • Language/target audience: Polish
  • Country: EU, US, Poland
  • Keywords: EU disintegration, US presence in Europe, Puppets, Sovereignty, Conspiracy theory

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