Thursday at The meeting of the National Security Council will take place at 2.30 pm, President Andrzej Duda announced in Vilnius on Wednesday. He added that he would provide more information about the NATO summit at this meeting.
The council will be present at 2.30 pm
– said the president at a press conference in Vilnius.
He stressed that due to the official visit of the President of the Republic of Korea Yoon Suk-Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee to Poland on Thursday, all facilities under the control of the President of the Republic of Poland are occupied – both the presidential palace and the Belvedere Palace.
In connection with the above, I have asked Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak to make available the space for this meeting with a broad spectrum of the political scene in Poland, as I have usually done so far, to provide information from the NATO summit in to convey this more closed space. formula, where you can say something more
said the chairman.
And since so far there is a consensus when it comes to building and strengthening our security, I have no doubt that it is justified to share this information with the main politicians in Poland who decide Polish affairs, for example by voting in parliament. And that’s what’s going to happen tomorrow
– added.
The National Security Council is an advisory body to the president on internal and external state security. It is composed of: the Marshals of the Sejm and the Senate, the Prime Minister, the heads of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, the Minister-Coordinator of Special Services, the heads of parliamentary or deputy club groups (or the presidents of these clubs), the heads of the President’s Office and the National Security Bureau. The meetings of the Council are convened by the Chairman, who also determines their subjects.
In a communiqué adopted on Tuesday, the Allies confirmed the decision of the 2008 Bucharest Summit for Ukraine to join NATO. They also recognized that Ukraine’s path to NATO no longer required a Membership Action Plan (MAP). On Tuesday, Alliance leaders also decided that NATO would draw up three regional defense plans in the event of an attack on member states in Europe: one for the north of the continent, one for the south and a third for the countries of the continent. eastern flank, including Poland.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine had received security guarantees from the G7 group. He believed that this was a stage on the road from Ukraine to NATO.
President Joe Biden said that “the G7 joint statement makes it clear that our support will extend far into the future; we will help Ukraine build a strong defense on land, sea and air.”
Also on Wednesday, President Andrzej Duda said it is estimated that if there was an attack on the Brzeska Gate, about 100,000 would be sent to our territory. NATO forces for immediate defense.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Mateusz Morawiecki
The meeting of the National Security Council convened by President Andrzej Duda is likely to include a representative of the PiS club, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and likely Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński; We will inform about the findings – the head of the parliamentary committee for foreign affairs Radosław Fogiel (PiS) said on Wednesday.
Rafał Bochenek, the party’s spokesman, and Radosław Fogiel, the head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, were asked who would represent PiS at the Council meeting.
Bochenek replied that there were no agreements on this matter yet. “There will probably be a representative from the club, there will be a prime minister, probably also the deputy prime minister, who will inform you about that,” Fogiel noted.
Referring to the course of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Fogiel pointed out that important decisions were made there about the security of Poland and the entire eastern flank of NATO.
Poland suggested, we have formed a coalition on this, that the 2% of GDP, which was unattainable for many Member States for years, should become a starting point. We, as Poles, believe that when we spend more than 4 percent of GDP on defense and security for Poland, others should also contribute more. This is an important decision
– he said.
Siemoniak representing KO
Tomasz Siemoniak will represent the KO in the meeting of the National Security Council, Borys Budka, head of the KO club, told PAP. It would be better if the president discussed Poland’s negotiating goals with all political forces at the NATO summit, says Marcin Kierwiński (KO).
The head of the KO club, Borys Budka, informed PAP on Wednesday that the KO will participate in the National Security Council and will be represented by the former head of the Ministry of National Defense, Tomasz Siemoniak.
PO Secretary General Marcin Kierwiński, in turn, told PAP that he was disappointed that the president organized the Security Council after such important events as the NATO summit.
It would be better if he spoke to all political forces about Poland’s negotiating goals before this summit
said Kierwinski.
It is good that the councils are being held at all, because the chairman has a problem convening them, but my impression is that the chairman will inform the members of the council about what he will announce at the press conference a few hours earlier
noted the MP.
PSL decision
It is good that the National Security Council is being held, we have repeatedly called on the president to hold it periodically around important events, PSL spokesman Miłosz Motyka told PAP. Our representative will attend this meeting; We are counting on concrete arrangements for Poland, he added.
A PSL spokesman told PAP a representative from the Farmers’ Party would appear at the meeting.
It is good that the National Security Council is continuing. We have repeatedly called on President Andrzej Duda to hold this council periodically around important events
said Motyka.
As he said: “If we have a war in our neighbor’s country, we must react and have up-to-date knowledge about the changes in the situation at the front, or the possible influx of refugees, or changes in this situation , the risks associated with this conflict and the impact on Poland.”
It is good that this advice is coming. We are counting on specific arrangements for Poland, because we do not accept that the president said that Poland was not at the NATO summit to get anything done, because the summit should also be about increasing Poland’s security.
added Motyka.
Confederate Expectations
Of course, we will be present at Thursday’s National Security Council, we are waiting for the report from the NATO summit in Vilnius and the state of Polish defense capabilities in light of new equipment being transferred to Ukraine, Krzysztof Bosak, the head of the Confederation branch, PAP told Wednesday.
PAP asked Bosak if the Confederacy had received an invitation to the RCN and if it would attend this meeting.
Yes, we have (invitation), of course we will attend
said the politician.
When asked what he expected from the Council, he replied that this was reported after the NATO summit in Vilnius.
He was also asked what position and postulates on security will be presented by the Confederacy.
First of all, we will ask for information, first of all on the state of implementation of the provisions of the previous summit, ie the Madrid agreements. And the second thing – about the state of defense capabilities given the fact that more and more equipment is being transferred to Ukraine
Bosak said.
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Source: wPolityce