The mayor of the Polish city of Krakow said Thursday he had been excluded from President Bush's visit to the city this weekend because of his opposition to the war on Iraq.
"It is customary that the mayor, as the host of this city, should take part in the welcoming ceremony. But the Americans have said they will not have it," Mayor Jacek Majchrowski told private radio RMF.
"It is strange that guests dictate where the host should or should not be," he added.
Majchrowski wrote a newspaper article entitled "Pax Americana" in March, harshly criticizing the U.S.-led war to topple Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, in which Poland also took part.
He has welcomed anti-war marches in Krakow, lauding the demonstrators as having "saved the honor of the city."
Reuters May 29, 2003
