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25.11.2019 WarsawPoles and Danes serve shoulder to shoulderThe head of the Ministry of National Defence participated on November 25, 2019 in a meeting of the successor to the throne of the Kingdom of Denmark Prince Frederick and Princess Maria Elizabeth and the Polish presidential couple Andrzej Duda and Agata Kornhauser - Duda with soldiers - veterans from Poland and Denmark.
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22.11.2019 VilniusThe head of the Ministry of National Defence paid tribute to the heroes of the January Uprising- Today we pay tribute to our common heroes, extraordinary people who, with arms in hand, realizing that the opponent is much stronger, stood up to fight for the freedom of our homeland. But today's celebrations are also important for our future, for the future of relations between our countries - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence in Vilnius.
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25.10.2019 BruselsThe North Atlantic Alliance system is based on mutual solidarity- The purpose of our meetings was to prepare positions for heads of state and heads of government for the December summit in London. Essential issues for Poland are issues related to NATO's eastern flank, and thus to strengthen NATO's readiness to oppose all forms of attack on our countries. We also talked about the financial effort – burden sharing, and thus the financial contribution of individual countries in terms of defence - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence after the meetings of NATO defence ministers at the Alliance Headquarters in Brussels.
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04.10.2019 PoznańUS division headquarters (forward) created in Poznań- I am proud of the fact that both declarations signed by the presidents are the result of the hard work of the Polish Ministry of National Defence and the US Department of Defence. This is even more important to me because strengthening the alliance with the United States and increasing the presence of US forces in Poland is one of my priorities - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the minister of national defence of Poland in Poznań.
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30.09.2019 KrakówTogether we are stronger. The USA join the Counterintelligence Center of Excellence- This is an important date in the history of our cooperation within NATO. The venture that we run together with our friends from Slovakia gets new shape. US representatives join us, so together we bring real value when it comes to the Center of Excellence on counteracting the activities of foreign intelligence services. Together we are stronger - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence on Monday in Krakow.
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25.09.2019 WarsawPoland proposes specific solutions to combat disinformation- Joint allies' response to disinformation campaigns is important for NATO, systemic solutions are needed (...) On behalf of Poland, I propose that during this year's NATO Summit in London, heads of states and governments should sign a declaration on the efficient flow of information between defence ministries of individual NATO countries and between headquarters of the Alliance - said Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defence at the NATO Information and Communication Conference 2019.
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23.09.2019 WashingtonA great day for Poland! Declaration on defence cooperation signed- Poland has joined today the small group of countries where US troops are permanently stationed. One and a half years of negotiations, talks. We have proved that we can negotiate as equals. We have the effect of our work. This is undoubtedly a great day when it comes to Poland's security and the security of NATO countries. It is an important day when it comes to the history of Poland - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the minister of national defence in New York, where on Monday the presidents of Poland and the USA signed the Joint Declaration on Advancing Defense Cooperation.
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20.09.2019 OstravaCooperation of the Visegrad Group countries beneficial to security in the region- Cooperation within the Visegrad Group is undoubtedly beneficial for all our countries. It is beneficial to the security of our citizens - said Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the Ministry of National Defence after the meeting of defence ministers of the V4 countries in Ostrava.
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18.09.2019 BucharestWe tighten defence cooperation between Poland and Romania- We have had good military cooperation with Romania for years. Polish soldiers are stationed in Romania and cooperate with Romanian and US soldiers there. Romanian soldiers are present in Poland and train together with Polish, US, British and Croatian armies. This cooperation is very close - said Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak in Bucharest.
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11.09.2019 WarsawThe purchase of F-35 aircraft is getting closer- The decision of the United States Department of State approving the sale of 32 state-of-the-art F-35 aircraft to Poland means that we are getting closer to this contract. This is the most important contract in history for the Polish Armed Forces, it is the introduction of Polish Air Force into a new era. This is the creation of the capabilities for the air force, that they haven’t had so far - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defence.