Today I briefed the NAC on the situation in the aftermath of yesterday’s tragic events in southeastern Poland. We are in close contact with SG
@jensstoltenberg
and
#NATO
Allies as we stay vigilant & continue the investigation. I thanked Allies for their support and solidarity.
#OTD
23 years ago the people of Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary decided to join
#NATO
, the biggest defensive Alliance in the world that protects 1 billion people. 🇵🇱 🇨🇿 & 🇭🇺
#StandWithUkraine
and firmly believe that every country has the right to choose its own path.
Dziękuję mojemu byłemu szefowi, Ministrowi
@Macierewicz_A
oraz byłym kolegom z kierownictwa MON: Bartłomiejowi Grabskiemu,
@KownackiBartosz
, i
@DoSmyr
za ponad dwa lata wspólnej ciężkiej pracy na rzecz polskiej obronności.
Today I briefed the North Atlantic Council on the latest developments on the Polish-Belarusian border.
#NATO
Allies condemned Lukashenko regime’s use of migration as a hybrid tactic and expressed solidarity and support for Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
Dzięki Min.
@mblaszczak
za powierzenie mi negocjacji ws obecności wojskowej USA w PL, i jego przywództwo w tym zakresie. Zawarte przez Prez.
@AndrzejDuda
i
@realDonaldTrump
porozumienie wprowadza trwałą formułę obecności, kluczowe zdolności i perspektywę kontynuacji procesu.
The NATO Picture of the 2023: A British Army Royal Lancer and a soldier of the Polish Territorial Defence Force’s 2nd Lublin Brigade during a mounted reconnaissance.
Another round of consultations among
#NATO
ministers. Minister
@RauZbigniew
strongly condemned Russia's brutal attack on Ukraine and underlined the need for coordinated response by Allies. Strengthening NATO's deterrence & defence on the Eastern flank is our priority.
Today Minister
@mblaszczak
and Allied Defence Ministers discussed the far-reaching consequences of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and ways to support Ukraine & the Ukrainian people. Allies agreed to work on concrete steps to further enhance NATO defence posture on the Eastern flank.
Faced with brutal, unjustified 🇷🇺 attack, Allies provide 🇺🇦 with military, financial & humanitarian help. The Alliance coordinates efforts to strengthen our collective defense on NATO’s Eastern flank. We are united and determined to deter 🇷🇺 aggression & continue to help Ukraine.
Ważny i mocny sygnał wszystkich 30 Sojuszników wobec sytuacji na naszej granicy. Sojusznicy nie tylko solidaryzują się z nami, ale i popierają nasze indywidualne i kolektywne działania wobec kryzysu.
The North Atlantic Council issued a statement on the situation at the 🇵🇱-🇧🇾 border strongly condemning the continued instrumentalisation of irregular migration artificially created by Belarus as part of hybrid actions targeted against 🇵🇱, 🇱🇹 & 🇱🇻
➡️
Poland is leading the way with increase in defence spending to 3%. Reinforcement of our deterrence and defence will contribute to the security of Poland and NATO's Eastern flank.
Defence Minister
@mblaszczak
: in order to enhance the deterrence capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland 🇵🇱 will increase defence spending from planned 2.5% to 3% of GDP in 2023.
Dobra wiadomość - polsko-niemieckie konsorcjum wykona największą inwestycję infrastrukturalną NATO po Zimnej Wojnie - skład przechowania i utrzymania sprzętu bojowego w Powidzu.
The biggest single
#NATO
infrastructure project since the Cold War will be implemented at Powidz Air Base in 🇵🇱. Over € 166M contract, part of
#RAP
, funded by NATO
#NSIP
, was awarded to a 🇵🇱-🇩🇪 Consortium for the construction of Equipment Storage & Maintenance Complex (LTESM-C).
Wąwóz Somosierra. Miejsce słynnego manewru taktycznego Napoleona, bohaterstwa polskich szwoleżerów i dramatu hiszpańskiej milicji broniącej drogi do Madrytu. Dziękuję hiszpańskim rekonstruktorom z grupy Poland First to Fight, że byli tam razem z nami i zapewnili piękną oprawę.
My sincere gratitude to the Polish 🇵🇱 medical team P-MED who just wrapped up the first round of vaccinations at NATO HQ. Your professionalism and dedicated service will enable the continuity of
@NATO
HQ’s operations for the security of all Allies.
Allied
#solidarity
in practice!
As all NATO members have ratified 🇫🇮’s membership, I sincerely congratulate
@korhonen_klaus
&
#Finland
on soon becoming the 31st NATO Ally.
Finland will greatly contribute to the security of the Euro-Atlantic area. Poland supports Sweden's swift NATO accession as the next step.
Today's declaration of President Biden to further increase US presence in Europe is crucial to effective deterrence on NATO's Eastern flank. Poland especially welcomes the decision to establish permanent HQ for the US 5th Army Corps in Poznan, which we advocated for.
Congratulations to Finland and Sweden on this historic moment!
🇫🇮 and 🇸🇪 will contribute substantially to NATO's collective security and strengthen our defence capabilities.
🇵🇱 supports NATO's Open Door Policy and believes that every country has the right to choose its own path.
Jest to owoc długiej pracy, za którą chciałbym podziękować partnerom z USA (szczególnie: p. Ambasador
@USAmbPoland
i undersecrecretary for policy John Rood ale także kolegom z NSC, członkom i stafferom Kongresu, oraz think tankerom), oraz kolegom z KPRP, BBN, MSZ.
Panie Ministrze
@mblaszczak
, dziękuję za zaufanie i możliwość pracy na rzecz bezpieczeństwa RP w MON pod Pańskim kierownictwem. Dziękuję szczególnie za możliwość włożenia wkładu do negocjacji polsko-amerykańskiego porozumienia o trwałej obecności wojskowej USA w Polsce.
Dziś swoją misję w
@MON_GOV_PL
kończy
@T_Szatkowski
. Postanowiłem osobiście nadzorować sprawy międzynarodowe w resorcie. Panu ambasadorowi dziękuję za owocną współpracę oraz życzę powodzenia w
@PLinNATO
. Będziemy dalej wspólnie działać na rzecz bezpieczeństwa.
A historic moment for
@NATO
and the security of the Baltic Sea region.
#Finland
and
#Sweden
are close partners of the Alliance and I look forward to working with them as fully-fledged NATO members for the security and stability of Europe and the Euroatlantic area.
A warm welcome to the new US Ambassador to
#NATO
Julianne Smith
@USAmbNATO
. The US is a close and stalwart NATO Ally and a great contributor to the transatlantic security. I look forward to our cooperation!
Ale przede wszystkim chciałbym podziękować za profesjonalne zaangażowanie mojej ekipie (DPBM, DWSZ, AO DC) i wspierającym nas kolegom z innych instytucji MON (SG WP, DGRSZ, DORSZ, DI, DB, OMiA i wielu innych).
Today Poland's Defence Minister
@mblaszczak
signed the contract for 250 🇺🇸 M1A2 Abrams tanks (SEPv3). This purchase is a very significant step in the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces and strenghtening of NATO's capabilities in the Eastern flank.
Late night chat at the Conference of Ambassadors of Poland, with Amb
@B_Cichocki
, who did not have to return to Kyiv, because he was the only one that never left it.
Bardzo dobre spotkanie z
@wess_mitchell
, nowym Assistant Secretary of
@StateDept
ds Eurazji. Kluczowe pozycje zw. z bezpieczeństwem narodowym USA w końcu obsadzone i w b. db. rękach. Bardzo dobra perspektywa dla relacji PL-US.
#NATO
Defence Ministers concluded another round of talks on how to best support 🇺🇦 and strengthen our deterrence & deference on the Eastern flank. 🇵🇱 will continue to provide military, financial & humanitarian aid to 🇺🇦 to defeat Putin and restore peace & security in the region.
Very insightful visit of a group of Allied Ambassadors to
#Kyiv
and
#Hostomel
to demonstrate our unwavering support and solidarity with Ukraine and its people & our commitment to NATO’s Open Door Policy & Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration.
Today's NATO Summit was an occassion for Allies to re-examine our approach to the 🇷🇺 aggression & to our assistance to 🇺🇦. It was also an important stimulus for the preparations towards
#NATO
Summit in Madrid incl decisions on substantial strenghtening of deterrence & defence.
Many thanks to the
@UKNATO
,
@RoyalNavy
and
@USMC
for a very informative NAC trip onto the HMS Queen Elisabeth and its Carrier Strike Group, which showcases power projection capability of the XXI century.
Thank you for the meeting
@USAmbNATO
. I look forward to working with you, and continuing develop our strategic relationship within this unique Alliance.
This past week I had the opportunity to welcome 🇵🇱
@PLinNATO
's new Ambassador, Tomasz Szatkowski
@T_Szatkowski
. I am looking forward to working with Ambassador Szatkowski and further strengthening 🇺🇸 / 🇵🇱 ties within the Alliance.
Being a long time Estonophile, it has been a great honour for me to receive the Cross of Merit of the 🇪🇪 MFA. We will continue to work together to restore and maintain the capacity to fulfill the key purpose of the Alliance - collective defence.
It was 🇪🇪 Amb. Luik’s great honour to hand over the Cross of Merit of the 🇪🇪 Ministry of Foreign Affairs to 🇵🇱 Amb. Szatkowski, for his remarkable contribution to reinforcing
#NATO
's collective defense.
Today I hosted a meeting with 🇺🇦 Ambassador to
#NATO
Nataliia Galibarenko, 🇵🇱 Ambassador to Ukraine
@b_cichocki
and Director of
@pism_poland
@slawomirdebski
to discuss how to best support Ukraine so that it can defend itself against Russia's brutal war.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the birth of
#Solidarity
Movement.
A monument featuring the iconic logo stands proudly at
@NATO
HQ as a manifestation of the values the 🇵🇱 workers fought for & NATO protects every day: freedom, peace & security
#Solidarity40
#WeAreNATO
I was pleased to welcome Japan's Ambassador to NATO Masahiro Mikami. We spoke about strengthening NATO's cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners as well as about 🇵🇱 and 🇯🇵 efforts to support 🇺🇦.
Dialogue with the Weimar partners has been a very useful platform of consultations, in the process of preparations to the Washington Summit. Lots of thanks to Amb. von Geyr and his team for hosting us.
Following on from this week’s very successful meeting of the Weimar Triangle Foreign Ministers hosted by
@ABaerbock
, Ambassador von Geyr was delighted to meet his 🇫🇷 and 🇵🇱 counterparts and their colleagues for talks on deepening cooperation between 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪 and 🇵🇱 in
#NATO
.
I signed today the Book of Condolences at
@TurkDelNATO
and paid respect to thousands of victims of the devastating earthquake. I expressed my hope that the Polish rescue team will be able to save as many lives as possible. Poland stands in solidarity with
#T
ürkiye
I welcome the US decision to reinforce NATO’s deterrence and defence posture as we face Russian aggression on the Eastern flank of the Alliance. Deployment of additional US troops to Poland, Romania & Germany proves US commitment to Article 5 and to our joint security.
The US 🇺🇸 decision to deploy additional military personnel to Poland 🇵🇱 to strengthen deterrence and defense on
#NATO
’s Eastern flank is a strong sign of Allied solidarity in face of Russian 🇷🇺military build-up at the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 border.
#WeAreNATO
30 września biegnę wraz kol. sekretarzem stanu w MON
@TomaszZdzikot
oraz p. gen dyw. Adamem Joksem w sztafecie Maratonu PZU. Celebrujemy 100 lecie odzyskanej niepodległości i wspieramy dzieci autystyczne. Zachęcam do wpłat na konto naszej grupy:
Tomorrow Ambassador
@T_Szatkowski
will officially inaugurate the iconic Solidarity sign
@NATO
HQ to mark the 4️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of the Solidarity Movement in Poland 🇵🇱
#Solidarity40
More info ➡️
Poland’s 🇵🇱 former Minister of Foreign Affairs
@AnnaFotyga_PE
has been appointed to the group of international experts who will advise
@NATO
SG on how to strengthen NATO’s political role and adapt the Alliance to future challenges.
Congratulations!
I have appointed an expert group of 5 women & 5 men to help chart out
#NATO
’s future. The group will offer recommendations to reinforce Alliance unity, and increase political consultation & coordination between Allies:
Udana wizyta wiceministra obrony narodowej
@MarcinOciepa
w Kwaterze Głównej
#NATO
i rozmowy nt. roli Sojuszu w zakresie nowych technologii, sztucznej inteligencji oraz wsparcia Polski dla nowego funduszu na rzecz inwestycji w innowacje.
Ważna wizyta Prezydenta
@AndrzejDuda
w Kwaterze Głównej
#NATO
i konsultacje z Sekretarzem Generalnym
@jensstoltenberg
nt. sytuacji bezpieczeństwa w regionie oraz wzmocnienia wschodniej flanki Sojuszu wobec agresywnych działań Rosji na granicy z Ukrainą.
On the 40th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in Poland 🇵🇱, join me in commemorating the victims of the communist regime and honoring those who resisted it by lightning the
#LightofFreedom
#Solidarity
#NeverForget
All the best to Ukrainian friends on their 30th Anniversary of Independence, and the same from the cockpit of one of the Polish F-16s that took part in the parade in Kiev.
It was good to welcome Min
@stzaryn
🇵🇱 Government Plenipotentiary for the Security of Information Space to
@NATO
HQ. Minister Żaryn took part in NATO Senior Communicators Conference to share the Polish perspective on tackling
#disinformation
and building societal resilience.
Sadly we bade farewell to the Dean of the Council, Amb. Stelian Stoian. A valued and respected colleague, Amb. Stoian is also a good friend of 🇵🇱 and a recipient of the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. Good luck representing 🇷🇴
@OSCE
in Vienna!
🚨🆕️ Presidents
@AndrzejDuda
&
@realDonaldTrump
signed 🇵🇱-🇺🇸Joint Declaration on Advancing Defense Cooperation.
It determines locations for enhanced U.S.🇺🇸 military presence to be based in Poland🇵🇱 in the near future.
Full text of the declaration:
Wczoraj miałem przyjemność gościć polskich parlamentarzystów, którzy przebywali z wizytą w Kwaterze Głównej NATO. Dziękuję za merytoryczną i inspirującą dyskusję, a
@USNATO
i
@USEmbassyWarsaw
za organizację wizyty.
Very good decisions on the reinforcement of NATO’s deterrence & defence to ensure more security for 🇵🇱 and the Eastern flank.
The 3-part support package for 🇺🇦brings it closer to NATO. Today we inaugurated the NATO-Ukraine Council as equals w/ a clear membership perspective.
Presidents of
#B9
adopted a declaration ahead of the
#NatoSummit
in Madrid in which they reiterate the need to significantly strengthen NATO deterrence & defence posture on the Eastern flank in a balanced, credible, coherent, sustainable & tailored manner
We discussed the situation on the ground and Ukraine’s military needs. Poland has been providing 🇺🇦 with military, logistic and humanitarian support.
Many thanks to
@UKRinNATO
for organizing and 🇵🇱 Deputy PM
@mblaszczak
@Poland_MOD
& other institutions for facilitating the visit.
On the 80th anniversary of
#WarsawGhettoUprising
I pay respect to the Jewish fighters who heroically stood up to the Nazi German terror and fought for their dignity and freedom.
#WeRemember
#Akcja
Żonkile #ŁączyNasPamięć
Today I had the pleasure to meet with 🇳🇱 PermRep
@marisagerards
to discuss 🇵🇱-🇳🇱 cooperation in
@NATO
and preparations for the
#DefMin
later this week. I expressed again my congratulations to Admiral Rob Bauer on being elected the Chairman of the
#NATO
Military Committee.
Great honor & pleasure to pose for a picture with Min. Anna Fotyga in front of Solidarność sign
@NATO
HQ. Once a close associate of the vice-chairman of Solidarity & then 🇵🇱 President Lech Kaczyński, today Min. Fotyga advises
#NATO
SG
@jensstoltenberg
in the Reflection Process.
1st battalion of these Polish made howitzers, supported by an integrated BMS and logistics already contributes to the defence of Ukraine, and thus of the Free World.
An important deliverable of the NATO Defence Ministerial in the context of support of Ukraine - the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis Training and Education Center (JATEC) will be located in Poland.
Historic decisions on the first day of
#NATOSummit
in Madrid that will make the Alliance bigger, stronger & more resilient in face of Russia's war against Ukraine. More military support for Ukraine and increase of NATO presence on the Eastern flank are key for the security of 🇵🇱
Pleased to meet
#NATO
Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment
@gilmour_wendy
to discuss defence, industrial and investment issues at this critical time for Euro-Atlantic security.
Dziękuję
@Dariusz_Lasocki
, no i oczywiście doceniam słowa
@SKoziej
. Zgadzam się, że nie wymyśliliśmy od podstaw gier dwustronnych, ale jak wskazał P. Gen. staramy się je oprzeć na obiektywnej analizie operacyjnej. To dopiero początek, ale ten kierunek się przyjmuje w MON.
It was my honor and great pleasure to present Ambassador
@Leskevicius
with the Bene Merito honorary distinction for his contribution to strengthening 🇵🇱🇱🇹 relations & for our great cooperation within
@NATO
. Thank you and good luck in your future endeavors!
It is my pleasure to welcome the new
@NATO
ASG for Emerging Security Challenges
@davidvanweel
I very much look forward to a good cooperation in the area of innovation, cybersecurity, countering hybrid warfare and fighting terrorism.
Today I had the pleasure to meet with the 🇦🇫 Ambassador
@Nsalarzai
and discuss the peace process in Afghanistan. As a contributor to
#NATO
@ResoluteSupport
Mission, Poland 🇵🇱 is committed to peace and security in the region.
It is hard to believe four years already passed since the Warsaw Summit, which to me personally meant a finalisation of several months of hard work with a great team on political-military and organisational fronts.
#OTD
in 2016 the NATO Summit in Warsaw was inaugurated by President
@AndrzejDuda
& SG
@jensstoltenberg
. In Poland 🇵🇱, Allies took historic decisions regarding deterrence and defense, including by agreeing to enhance the military presence of the Alliance on NATO’s eastern flank.
It is my great pleasure to meet the new Finnish Ambassador to
@NATO
@PirittaAsunmaa
. I very much look forward to our Allied cooperation at 31 and hope for the Alliance to become soon even stronger with
#Sweden
as the new member.
🇪🇸Spanish jets guard 🇱🇹Lithuania’s airspace & 🇫🇷 France surveillance planes scan the skies while 🇺🇸US bombers train with Allied air forces ✈️
In response to
#Russia
’s invasion of
#Ukraine
,
#NATO
has up to 30 aircraft on patrol at any moment.
#WeAreNATO
Pleasure to welcome the new Hungarian PermRep to NATO István Balogh. We spoke about current threats and challenges facing the Alliance and our common security.
It is my pleasure to welcome the new Permanent Representative of Estonia 🇪🇪 to NATO, Ambassador Jüri Luik. His vast experience in foreign and security policy will be of benefit to the Alliance. I very much look forward to working with him.
It was a great pleasure this week to be part of the NAC visit to the
@French_CSG
- contributing its excellent capabilities to NATO, for the first time under the operational control of the
@STRIKFORNATO
Many thanks to General Bühler and his staff for today’s intelectually very invigorating briefings and discussion on the impact of the adaptation of NATO’s deterrence and defence on his area of operational interest, as well as on the status of NATO RSM in Afghanistan.
Ambassador
@T_Szatkowski
and LtGen Janusz Adamczak visited JFC Brunssum and met w/ Commander
@NATOJFCBS
General Bühler & Leadership Staff. They discussed i.a.
#eFP
Battle Groups as a vital tool in strengthening NATO’s Eastern flank,
#NRF
& 🇵🇱' s role as
#VJTF
lead nation in 2020.
My sincere congratulations to Lt Gen Janusz Adamczak on being elected Director General of
#NATO
International Military Staff. His expertise and dedication will be of benefit to the whole Alliance.
Good luck in your new post, General!
Lt Gen Janusz Adamczak has been elected the next Director General of
@NATO
International Military Staff, one of the leading military positions in the Alliance.
Congratulations to Lt Gen Adamczak and we look forward to continuing our good cooperation!
DSG
@Mircea_Geoana
thank you very much for your, as always, brilliant speech during our ceremony. May this sign remind us of courage and sacrifice of many freedom fighters behind the Iron Curtain.
#Solidarnosc
inspired
#Poland
🇵🇱 & the country inspired the world. Today it is free, prosperous & a steadfast member of
#NATO
. To mark the 40th anniversary of the movement, I inaugurated this iconic sign recalling the brave people who fought for freedom.
🔗
Warm welcome to the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to NATO
@AriadnePetridis
.
I look forward to our close cooperation for the benefit of a strong NATO Alliance and our collective security.
Congratulations to
@ialbrycht
cybersecurity policy expert, and another (after
@AnnaFotyga_PE
) appointee from Poland to a NATO high level advisory group.
NATO’s Secretary General selected Ms Izabela Albrycht 🇵🇱 as a member of the Advisory Group for Emerging and Disruptive Technologies.
#NATO
leaders decided to create the Group during their meeting in London in 2019. We look forward to working with you
@ialbrycht
. Congratulations!