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07.10.2021Patriot battery delivery according to the plan“We assume that the deliveries will be made at the scheduled time - the Patriots will be delivered to our country by the end of next year. We are preparing the infrastructure, and soldiers will be trained to use these weapons. Everything is going according to plan ” - said Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence during a meeting in the USA with Polish soldiers.
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06.10.2021The first Abrams tanks will be delivered to Poland next year“The conversation was concrete. We talked about cooperation, about strengthening Polish-American relations, about equipping the Polish Army with modern equipment. I can say that from the point of view of the United States Secretary of Defence, equipping the Polish Army with Abrams tanks is absolutely justified, as it builds interoperability between American and Polish forces. At the end of this month, the Secretary of the U.S. Army will come to Poland. We will discuss the details. Everything indicates that the first Abrams tanks will be used by the Polish Army next year ” - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after the meeting with the United States Secretary of Defence.
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05.10.2021The Euro-Atlantic community must show solidarity in the face of contemporary threats“I believe here in Warsaw we have good venue to discuss important issues related to the Alliance security, in our region and beyond. This can be considered as one of conceptual contributions from the region to the current debate, esp. among NATO Allies, about how to make our deterrence and defence, and our resilience against the key threats, more solid” - Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence, said in his speech opening this year's defence panel of the Warsaw Security Forum conference.
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04.10.2021We are stronger together“I want to thank the Italians for cooperation with Poland, both in the NATO, European Union and United Nations formats. Today we cooperate in the field of military exercises and the arms industry (…)For us, the first challenge is NATO's eastern flank, but the Polish Army is also present on the southern flank, and due to its geographical location, it is Italy that particularly deals with threats from the south. " - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after a meeting with the head of the Italian Ministry of Defence.
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29.09.2021Our goal is to make Poland stronger and safer“The technical modernization of the Polish Army is one of the most important tasks that I have set for myself when I took over the office of the Minister of National Defence. In many areas, our armed forces used outdated equipment that still remembered the times of the Warsaw Pact, and was otherwise not adapted to the security challenges faced today. Currently, after 6 years of the rule of Law and Justice party, we can say that the Polish Army is better equipped and meets the requirements of the modern battlefield. This is the result of our hard work, commitment of many people and consistency in action. " - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence, during the defence industry conference.
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20.09.2021Only close cooperation between Poland and Lithuania will ensure security in the region“During the conversation, we raised security issues. Both our countries are suffering from hybrid attacks by the Belarusian side. Both our countries are cooperating with each other when it comes to countermeasures, when it comes to building resistance to these attacks. We exchanged experiences related to sealing the border, both - Polish and the Lithuanian-Belarusian border, "said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after the meeting with the head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence.
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17.09.2021We need to build society's resilience against disinformation“Indeed, it is so that only a conscious and well-informed society can be resistant to disinformation, it can be resistant to fake news, it can be resistant to all the threats that are real in today's world. In the 21st century, disinformation is a weapon - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence during the conference "Information Independence".
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13.09.2021Together for security in the region“We have talked today about security, which is obviously the biggest challenge we face in the context of what is happening in Belarus. In the situation of hybrid attacks against Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Also in the context of the ongoing ZAPAD-21 exercises. We talked about how our soldiers can train together, how together we can ensure the security of our countries, ”said Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence during the meeting of the defence and foreign ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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10.09.2021RYŚ-21 – the test of the soldiers of the 12th Mechanized Division- We observed the exercises of the Polish Army soldiers who were transferred from the north-western part of our country to south-eastern Poland, here to the training ground in Nowa Dęba, so that they could train in this part of Poland. It was not an easy task, but it was performed at the highest level. Thanks to such exercises, which involve the relocation of soldiers and equipment, we know that Poland is safe - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense during a meeting with soldiers participating in the Ryś-21 exercise.
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07.09.2021Important contracts for the modernization of the Polish Army were signed in Kielce- The security of the Republic of Poland is an indispensable condition for the development of our country, our Homeland. We equip the Polish Army with modern equipment and make a technological breakthrough. We do all this so that our Homeland is safe - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after signing contracts for the purchase of equipment for the Polish Army.