The main task at the moment is to ensure the security of Poland, Poland and Poland; this is today the absolute priority of Polish foreign policy in all its aspects, President Andrzej Duda said in the Sejm on Thursday.
The president listened to the speech of the head of the Foreign Ministry, Zbigniew Rau, who presented information in the Sejm on Thursday about the tasks of Polish foreign policy in 2023.
At a later press conference, the president judged that the speech “shows first and foremost that Polish foreign policy has been very active lately”. He added, “not without reason.”
Today, across the Polish border, there is a war going on in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression
– emphasized Andrzej Duda.
The most important task facing Polish politics and Polish politicians today is primarily to ensure the security of Poles, those who live in Poland, that is, all of us, Poland, Poland. This is today an absolute priority of Polish foreign policy in all its aspects and in every aspect, including in this international space of building security, both energy and food security, as well as military security
said the chairman.
As he noted, if the speech of the head of the Foreign Office had to be summed up, “the point was to ensure this security as much as possible”.
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Alliance with the Americans and aid to Ukraine
I am glad that Minister Zbigniew Rau has emphasized the importance of the alliance with the United States so strongly; today they are the country that most supports Ukraine in its defense – said President Andrzej Duda, referring to the information presented in the Sejm by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
I am glad that the minister stressed so strongly the importance of the alliance with the United States, our presence in the North Atlantic Alliance
said the chairman.
He added that “it’s clear that today, in view of what we’re seeing beyond our eastern border, that’s the most important thing.”
If anyone is able to ensure the security of our part of Europe in a broader, global and not just individual sense, it is indeed a superpower with the largest army in the world and the greatest military potential, namely the United States. Today they are the country that most supports Ukraine in its defense
he said.
We are in the forefront of countries – because Britain and Poland, next to the United States – this is the strongest support, we have given this support to Ukraine from the very beginning. We understand very well that today Ukrainians are defending their homeland, defending their independence, the sovereignty of their state, and at the same time they are also defending the security of Europe, so basically they are waging a war that we call + a war for our freedom and that of you+. We know it well from our history, today we can confidently say that such a war is being waged by the Ukrainians
– emphasized Andrzej Duda.
President on the Polish raison d’être
The policy of supporting Ukraine, the policy of building an alliance, but also the policy of strengthening the US presence in Europe, and in particular on the eastern flank of NATO, is Poland’s raison d’être today, President Andrzej Duda said Thursday.
The president listened to the speech of the head of the Foreign Ministry, Zbigniew Rau, who presented information in the Sejm on Thursday about the tasks of Polish foreign policy in 2023.
At a press conference, Andrzej Duda stressed that the foreign policy pursued together with the government is coherent and unambiguous. He noted that it is in Poland’s raison d’être to continue these activities.
The policy of supporting Ukraine, the policy of helping Ukraine, the policy of building an alliance, but also the policy of strengthening the US presence in Europe, and in particular on NATO’s eastern flank, is today the Polish raison d’état
said the chairman.
He added that at the same time there is a policy of strengthening Poland’s security through military purchases and adaptation of the Polish army.
policies of late President Lech Kaczynski
Looking at what is happening in Europe today, those who have followed the path that President Lech Kaczyński has charted over the past two decades are right in politics, President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday.
Referring to the statement by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau on the tasks of Polish foreign policy in 2023, the president noted that today Polish foreign policy is very active. He also noted that looking at what is happening in Europe today, “Those who followed the path set out by President Lech Kaczyński were right in politics over the last two decades.”
We all remember exactly what the president emphasized, starting with the diversification of gas supply to Poland, i.e. his idea to build a gas terminal in Świnoujście, through what he said in Tbilisi during the Russian aggression against Georgia. Those words could be repeated endlessly, unfortunately they turned out to be prophetic
– he said.
According to President Duda, Lech Kaczyński’s words that after the attack on Georgia will be followed by Ukraine, then the Baltic States and perhaps finally Poland, pointed to a security framework in which if world politics were to move, there might be no Russian left. to attack. aggression.
This aggression is a fact, because the world has not implemented this policy, especially when it comes to Europe
he remembered. He emphasized that at that time Poland had a policy of diversifying energy sources, and warned European partners against “preventing Russian domination, for example over the energy market in Europe”.
Unfortunately, all these warnings came true in the form of another Russian aggression, this time spectacular, which reverberated around the world and which today the whole world must oppose, looking for ways to stop it, to protect the defenders of Ukraine. supports.
said President Duda.
President on the “paradox” of arms purchases
We buy massive amounts of guns so that our soldiers never have to fight; that we have advanced defense systems and that our army is equipped in such a way that it would not be profitable for anyone to attack us, President Andrzej Duda said in the Sejm on Thursday.
The president, who had previously listened to information from the head of the foreign ministry on the directions of Polish foreign policy in 2023, stressed that the government was engaged in further purchases of military equipment, including in Korea.
I would like to pay attention to the recent activities of the Prime Minister (Mateusz Morawiecki), which were previously planned, his meetings with the US defense sector, where Poland has placed orders in recent years and where these orders will be executed
noted Duda.
As he recalled, the Prime Minister is currently visiting the US where he is trying to ensure that equipment deliveries to Poland are completed as soon as possible.
It’s about seeing the ordered and purchased Abrams tanks as soon as possible, seeing the F-35 planes, Himars launchers – everything we’ve ordered and our soldiers desperately need to build this sphere of the military security of the Republic of Poland as efficiently as possible.
Duda emphasized.
According to the president, all these purchases are made so that “it would not be profitable for anyone to attack us”.
This is a paradox. We make these huge purchases of army and armaments in order not to fight. So that our soldiers never have to fight. So that we have such advanced defense systems, so that our army is equipped in such a way that it would not be profitable for anyone to attack us
– said Andrzej Duda.
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Source: wPolityce