BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus<\/a> says the agenda will range from global events like the Arab Spring to Polish energy security.<\/p>\nHowever, Mr Obama also has some fence mending to attend to, he adds.<\/p>\n
Normally close relations between Warsaw and Washington were strained after Mr Obama cancelled plans by his predecessor, George W Bush, to site interceptor missiles in Poland.<\/p>\n
This shift was seen in some quarters in Warsaw as an attempt by the new administration to curry favour with Moscow.<\/p>\n
In 1989, Poland became the first country in the Soviet bloc to shed communism in a peaceful transition negotiated by the Solidarity opposition movement, led by Lech Walesa.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama has said that the experience of countries once behind the Iron Curtain could help Arab nations struggling for democracy.<\/p>\n
Hours before Mr Obama’s arrival, Polish headlines were dominated by reports that Mr Walesa was refusing to meet him.<\/p>\n
Mr Walesa said he feared such a meeting would only be a “photo opportunity”.<\/p>\n
“I believe one day I will meet with Obama but not this time,” he told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
He wished the US president “very well”, then added, “but sometimes things just don’t work out”.<\/p>\n
Both men are Nobel Peace Prize winners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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