On Thursday 17 October at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz took part in NATO’s allied Defence Ministers meeting held for the first time under the leadership of the new Secretary General, M. Rutte.

On 17th October 2024 at the Ministry of National Defence headquarters Deputy Minister Paweł Bejda hosted a delegation from the Republic of Korea led by Defense Procurement Agency (DAPA) Deputy Minister Hyunki Cho. The delegation was also accompanied by Ambassador of South Korea Hoonmin Lim and President/CEO of Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Gooyoung Kang.

Cooperation of defence industries, aid for embattled Ukraine, collaboration within the framework of the EU an NATO for building deterrence and defence capabilities and further strengthening the cooperation within the Visegrad Group were the main topics of discussion for the defence ministers of Poland and Czechia in Prague.

This is the third loan given to Poland by the US government. The previous agreement was signed on July 1st of this year. The total amount of all US direct loans to Poland is 7,08 bln USD. We are the largest beneficiary of this mechanism in recent years.

- I have discussed today at the Pentagon with the Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin the strategic partnership of Poland and the US. It is critically important in that moment of the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces when it is being supplied with the most modern US-made equipment, like the F-35 fighter planes, ABRAMS tanks and the APACHE helicopters – the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak – Kamysz said after the conclusion of the meeting at the Pentagon.

„The unveiling of the first Polish F-35 fighter plane is another milestone in the transformation of the Polish Armed Forces. Modern, excellently equipped, trained and led troops that together with our allies will ensure the safety of our Homeland. I have no doubt that this event happens in a key moment, as the global security situation shifts drastically ever since the Russian agression on Ukraine. We all have to be ready to defend the borders of NATO” – deputy minister Paweł Bejda said during the visit in Fort Worth.

- I am thankful for this very good meeting, very good Polish-British relations. For us this i san expression of extraordinary trust, friendship and cooperation. Today the minister was in Paris in the morning, in Berlin at noon and finishes in Warsaw. This shows how important a partner Poland is for Great Britain. This shows how important security and our cooperation are. Our friendship has never been as strong as it is in this moment. I am grateful for this approach to the Polish-British cooperation. The new government emerging after elections in Great Britain unequivocally stated its priorities – deputy prime minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said aftr the meeting with the defence secretary of Great Britain. 

The operational capability of the base in Redzikowo has been confirmed. It becomes not only an American system, but also a NATO one, and the declaration made today and yesterday at the NATO summit reaffirm it. This is one of Poland's successes with regards to this declaration and to the decisions of the Summit. Additionally, there were some very important items concerning Polish border. We promised that we would talk about the internationalization of the Polish border with Belarus as the eastern border of NATO, the European Union, and we did. The strategic documents adopted by the NATO summit include provisions on individual and joint border protection, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz after the end of the NATO Summit in Washington.

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister,informed about the most important provisions of the declaration of the North Atlantic Alliance Summit, adopted in Washington.

Together with 12 ministers, at the NATO summit in Washington I signed a memorandum concerning the activities of the drone coalition supporting Ukraine, of which our country is one of participating nations. We will focus on providing the Ukrainian armed forces with various types of drones. This is currently one of the key capabilities that Ukraine urgently needs - said Deputy Prime Minister W. Kosiniak-Kamysz after signing the memorandum on the drone coalition.