Poland in NATO

At the initiative of the US side, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a telephone conversation on the current issues on the transatlantic agenda. The talks covered, among other issues, NATO’s response to the Russian Federation’s actions in Ukraine and parameters of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan.

“The purpose of my visit was to reaffirm our policy that Ukraine is not alone in defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and inviolability of its borders and that Ukraine has every reason to defend itself. An independent, secure Ukraine is an inalienable part of a Europe that remains true to the fundamental principles of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, whose 30th anniversary we recently celebrated.

- The Forward Command of the V Corps is in Poznań and has already started its activities. I am very glad that, according to the proposal of the American side, Polish general will be appointed to the position of the deputy commander in the Fort Knox, therefore in the command of the V Corps. It will be major general Adam Joks. Our cooperation proves very strong Polish-American relations in the defense domain - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense after the meeting with lieutenant general John Kolasheski, the commander of the V US Army Corps.

“International community has to enhance its efforts to eradicate terrorist groups, especially Daesh,” said Minister Zbigniew Rau at a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group.

On 24 March 2021, the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) was set up. Poland is one of the initiators of the IAPB.

On 24 March 2021, the UN Human Rights Council established a new international mechanism aiming to ensure accountability for violations of human rights in Belarus, which occurred in the country in connection with the 2020 presidential election.

Seven years ago, on 16 March 2014, in the presence of Russian occupational forces, illegal “referendum” was held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and the area was later unlawfully pronounced a part of the Russian Federation.

Thirty years ago, on 15 February 1991, the presidents of Poland and the Czech Republic, and the prime minister of Hungary signed the Declaration on Cooperation between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary in Striving for European Integration in the castle of Visegrad, Hungary.

Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense and Lloyd Austin, the US secretary of defense confirmed the development of the intense military cooperation. On Thursday, February 11, during a telephone conversation, the head of the Pentagon assured that US defense cooperation with Poland would be maintained at a very high level. Warsaw and Washington will jointly strengthen and develop the deterrence and defense potential of Poland and the entire eastern flank of NATO.