Poland in NATO

The meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the participation of NATO National Security Advisers was devoted to the revised NATO Strategic Concept and to preparations for next year's Summit in Madrid.

On September 26, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to NATO Tomasz Szatkowski took part in the ceremonies commemorating the Polish soldiers killed in 1944, during the liberation of western Belgium.

On September 18, the Allied Chiefs of Defence elected Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak of the Polish Armed Forces to be the next Director of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS). The DGIMS is nominated by the NATO Chiefs of Defence to head the Alliance’s International Military Staff for a term of three years. Lieutenant General Adamczak will take up the position in the summer of 2022.

Representatives of the Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to NATO took part in the commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Roeselare by the 1st Armored Division of General Stanisław Maczek.

“Thank you for your professionalism - we can say that it is professionalism of the highest level. You have undertaken a challenging mission, but you have already been on more than one such difficult mission. (...) I would like to thank the soldiers of the Special Forces, soldiers of the special forces unit “Grom”, who took care of the safety of the entire evacuation mission. I would like to thank the pilots who made the mission a success. The airlift was created. As a result, people who were then transported to our country using civilian aircrafts from LOT(Polish Airlines) planes were evacuated. This is a challenging project. It was demanding professionalism, requiring commitment on the part of Polish soldiers, and so it was. I would also like to thank the aviation technicians who made sure that the entire mission was successful "- with these words Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense, thanked the Polish soldiers who took part in the mission in Afghanistan.

We, the Prime Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, express our grave concern regarding the situation on the borders of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland with Belarus. It is clear to us that the ongoing crisis has been planned and systematically organized by the regime of Alexander Lukashenka. Using immigrants to destabilize neighbouring countries constitutes a clear breach of the international law and qualifies as a hybrid attack against the Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and thus against the entire European Union.

The extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council focused on developments in Afghanistan. Poland was represented by Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg commended Poland’s evacuation efforts.

Major General Adam Joks became the deputy commander of the US Army V Corps. He will be serving at Fort Knox, USA. - Major General Adam Joks is an experienced officer. He diligently fulfills all his duties and is aware of the challenges facing Poland and the entire eastern flank of NATO, said Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken had a phone conversation today. The discussion was held at the request of the American side.

In Brussels, President Andrzej Duda took part in a one-day summit of NATO leaders. The main topic of the talks was the NATO 2030 initiative, intended to strengthen the unity of the Alliance and prepare it for the challenges of the future. On the sidelines of the Summit, the President met, inter alia, with the leaders of the USA and France.