Due to Iceland volcano eruption Obama to cancel Poland trip

According to the News Agencies , Obama called Poland’s acting president, Bronislaw Komorowski, to tell him he would be unable to attend because of the cloud of volcanic ash that is disrupting flights across Europe. US Ambassador to Poland Lee Feinstein will represent the United States instead.

Kaczynski and 95 others, including his wife and many top Polish government officials, died in a plane crash last Saturday near Smolensk, Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was scheduled to attend the funeral, but it appeared unlikely he would be able to fly to Poland, since most of the country’s airspace was closed.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan, and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero also have canceled their plans to attend, according to CNN.

“Quite frankly, we can’t blame people for not wanting to take even the smallest risk to the security of air traffic in the circumstances,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky said.