News - National Security Bureau

President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda on Sunday in Lommel, north-east Belgium, took part in ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Flanders by the 1st Polish Armoured Division under Gen. Stanislaw Maczek. The president was accompanied by the head of BBN minister Paweł Soloch.

Paweł Soloch head of the National Security Bureau told PAP that the declaration signed by President Andrzej Duda and US President Donald Trump in New York on Monday deepens the military cooperation between the two countries.

Relations with Cyprus are important in view of the country's geographical location and Poland's planned return to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission, head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Paweł Soloch has told PAP.

Speaking at observances marking the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II in Warsaw, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that, "we remember and will remember, being grateful to all those who were fighting and those who sacrificed their lives for a free world."

Ukraine must regain its full territorial integrity that it enjoyed before 2014, President Andrzej Duda said in Warsaw on Saturday after talks with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, referring to Russia's aggression against the country. The head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), minister Paweł Soloch participated in the meeting.

President Andrzej Duda on Thursday attended the main National Armed Forces Day celebrations in Katowice, capital of south Poland's Silesia industrial basin.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has promoted five Polish Army officers to the first and subsequent general ranks, and to the counter admiral rank, the National Security Bureau (BBN) announced on Saturday.

President Andrzej Duda advanced Piotr Blazeusz to the rank of major-general during a ceremony held at the Orzysz training ground on Tuesday.

Poland's leadership of NATO's so-called Spearhead Force next year will be a challenge, but it is also proof of the growing position of Poland in the Alliance, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), Pawel Soloch, told PAP on Tuesday.

The presidents of Poland and the US, Andrzej Duda and Donald Trump, signed a joint declaration in Washington on Wednesday on increasing the US military presence in Poland. Both the United States and Poland reaffirmed their commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including the commitments made in Articles 3 and 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, as the cornerstone of defence relations.