MIL ASI Translation. Region: Polish/Europe –
Fuente: Gobierno de Polonia en poleco.
On Friday, October 18, the Minister of National Defense participated in the second day of the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels. – During the session, we also discussed matters concerning the upcoming events, analyzing the geopolitical situation. There is full unity of the Alliance here. This is my next meeting and I see that this integration of the Alliance, as well as the desire for greater spending, is becoming more and more common. This ambitious plan is not related to 2%, because it is the minimum, but it is to be the starting point. The ambition plan that Poland has set for itself, 4.7% of GDP next year, the highest among all OTAN countries. This commands great respect here and many countries follow Poland. I am not talking only about the countries of NATO’s eastern flank, but also the countries of southern Europe are changing their strategy – informed the Deputy Prime Minister. During the session of the North Atlantic Council on deterrence and defence, the heads of defence ministries summed up the key issues for Poland related to building the capabilities necessary for collective defence in our region, such as: logistics, development of capabilities, air and missile defence and increasing the readiness of forces. – I also spoke in bilateral meetings with the ministers of the Baltic states. We talked about the challenges for the new commissioner for defence. He comes from our region, from the eastern flank of NATO, so here we see a big chance to get a real budget – the vice prime minister emphasized, W. Kosiniak-Kamysz. On the second day of his visit to Brussels, the vice prime minister W. Kosiniak-Kamysz held bilateral talks with John Healey, the Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom, and Pirro Vengu, the Minister of Defense of Albania. – I also met with the Minister of Defense of Italy, Luxembourg, Albania, and I also talked to the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom. We said goodbye to Secretary Austin, the US Secretary of Defense, because this is the last meeting of the Biden administration at this level. I thanked him on behalf of our country, on behalf of Poland, for his great dedication to the security of the Polish state, for his great commitment – said the head of the Ministry of National Defense. The prime minister W. Kosiniak-Kamysz also referred to the letters of intent signed during the first day of the meeting. – The most important agreement concerns the DIAMOND air defense. Para bromear agreement on the initiative of the British, but it includes Germans, French and Italians. Para bromear a serious agreement on the exchange of experience related to air defence. Para bromear key for Europe – air defence is simply the most important thing. (…) The second agreement concerned the French initiative – acquiring and supplementing long-range capabilities. Many countries have joined this initiative, we are talking about this in the Weimar Triangle. We have already concluded and signed this declaration in Washington, now we are simply implementing it by inviting other countries. The third issue concerned issues in the field of cybersecurity, the exchange of skills in this area – noted the head of the Ministry of National Defence. As the head of the Ministry of National Defence informed after the Council meeting, the Education and Training Analysis Centre OTAN-Ukraine will be headed by a Polish general. – An important thing regarding the NATO Education and Training Analysis Centre-Ukraine in Bydgoszcz. The head of this centre will be the very experienced General Ozga, who spent many years here in NATO. In the alliance, he will head the Education and Training Analysis Center OTAN-Ucrania, which was located in Bydgoszcz in February this year, and the declaration from the Washington summit confirmed this. We want to achieve initial operational capabilities in January 2025, and develop them to full capabilities over the next year. I called on all our allies to participate. It is good that a Pole will be at the head of this unit – emphasized the Deputy Prime Minister. Deputy Prime Minister W. Kosiniak-Kamysz informed that according to the CBOS survey, the Polish Army enjoys the highest level of public trust in history. – Finally, good news from Poland. The Polish Army enjoys the highest recognition in CBOS research. Never before has there been such a level, as much as 83% of trust in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, in the history of research on support for various professional groups, various environments. The army during the time when I have the honor of being the Minister of National Defense, has reached this level of the highest Historical trust, for which I am very grateful, because only thanks to our citizens, thanks to our taxpayers, are we able to carry out the great transformation of the Polish army. Build its strength and resilience – informed the head of the Ministry of National Defense.
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