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Strengthening security is a priority for NATO Allies

23.04.2024

On Tuesday, April 23rd, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak, Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg visited the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade.

On Tuesday, April 23rd, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak, Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg visited the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade.

After the meeting between the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk and the British delegation, the deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz met bilaterally with the Defence Secretary.

The chiefs of Defense Ministries were discussing the development of military cooperation and security in the region.

- It was another concrete discussion with Defence Secretary Grant Shapps  about the development of military cooperation and security in the region. Great Britain is one of our strategic partners. British anti-air Sky Sabre system is deployed in Poland. Our soldiers ensure the safety of the eastern flank together in Bemowo Piskie. Solidarity and cooperation are the foundation of effective countering of threats

– the head of Polish Ministry of National Defence wrote after the talks.

- Soldiers stationed in Poland are a manner of message that NATO will defend its allies. (…). Security is not a regional matter, but a global one. We have to act together with the partners that share our values in order to deliver transatlantic security

– stressed the Secretary General of NATO J. Stoltenberg.

The deputy Prime Minister K. Kosiniak-Kamysz, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom R. Sunak and Defence Secretary G. Shapps have met with the Polish and British soldiers that cooperate as a multinational eFP battallion battle group.

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Great Britain is one of Poland’s key partners in the field of modernizing the Polish Armed Forces. British defence technologies are used in Polish short-range anti-air systems „Little Narew” armed with CAMM missiles, and in construction of the Polish „Swordfish” frigate, among others. We also cooperate on the DIAMOND programme – aimed at strengthening the potential of anti-air and anti-missile defence.

British anti-air Sky Sabre system, deployed in order to strengthen the allied air defence system, is stationed in Poland as part of our military cooperation. The British component is also an important part of bolstering NATO’s eastern flank in the framework of a NATO battallion battle group, stationed in Bemowo Piskie.

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