Poland in NATO

On 1 June 2021, Minister Zbigniew Rau attended a virtual NATO foreign ministerial ahead of the NATO summit to be held in Brussels on 14 June 2021.

On May 20 - 21 Head of National Security Bureau, Paweł Soloch visited NATO Headquarters to hold consultations before the June NATO Summit.

„Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia have demonstrated solidarity and reliability when it comes to fulfilling their obligations as NATO members and the contribution to our common security” underlined Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, MFA's Deputy Foreign MInister and Government Plenipotentiary for the Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group.

As a committed and reliable member of NATO, Poland constantly adapts to evolving security landscape, taking into consideration threats and challenges, and stands ready to support NATO Allies and Partners. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic Poland has developed skills and capabilities to fight the health crisis. Especially in times of emergency, solidarity is what makes us stronger, which is why Poland has been ready and willing to share not only resources but also manpower and expertise.

"Representing Polish Armed Forces abroad is both an honor and a responsibility. I know that you are well prepared for the tasks waiting for you. You have repeatedly confirmed your professionalism, excellent training and high efficiency in action" - wrote Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defense in a letter to the soldiers of the first rotation of Polish Military Contingent in Turkey.

On Friday, January 29, President Andrzej Duda held a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on the current security challenges and the future of transatlantic relations.

"The painful truth about the Holocaust must not die. We should make every effort to educate the next generations about the past so that it doesn't repeat itself. As we stand here, as NATO Allies, as nations and as humans, we all bear responsibility not to let it happen again. Never again." - said Ambassador Tomasz Szatkowski during a ceremony at NATO Headquarters commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

On 1-2 December 2020, Minister Zbigniew Rau took part in a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, held in the form of a video conference.

On November 11, on Poland's Independence Day, representatives of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to NATO and the Polish Military Representation to the NATO and EU Military Committees laid wreaths at the graves of Polish soldiers killed during World War II, at cemeteries in Holsbeek and Leuven-Heverlee, as well as at a commemorative plaque in Geetbets.