News - National Security Bureau

French President Emmanuel Macron will likely visit Poland in the spring, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Paweł Soloch told on Wednesday, a day after France's European affairs minister concluded her visit to Warsaw.

Poland and Lithuania assess the international situation in the same way and are in full agreement as to the direction of actions to be taken, said the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Pawel Soloch after his three-day working visit in Vilnius.

After a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Swiss resort of Davos on Thursday, President Andrzej Duda said that he and Stoltenberg agreed that NATO is now "in much better condition than it was just a few years ago."

NATO is in considerably better shape than several years ago, and in 2016 confirmed itself as a real defensive alliance which protects all its members, President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

From December 23, the first part of reforms of the Armed Forces' command and control structures come into force under which the Chief of the General Staff becomes the 'first soldier' of the Republic of Poland, carrying responsibility for command of the Armed Forces.

Poland is certain that the resignation of US Secretary of Defence James Mattis will not change the plans to increase the presence of US troops in Poland, Paweł Soloch, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), said on Friday.

President Andrzej Duda, visiting on Wednesday Polish soldiers serving in the multinational NATO forces in Romania, said that both they and their relatives should be sure of the great gratitude of the Polish state for their service and dedication.

Polish President Andrzej Duda, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and Head of BBN Pawel Soloch arrived in Romania on Wednesday to pay a pre-Christmas visit to the Polish Military Contingent in that country.

This year's Anaconda 18 military exercise has managed to achieve all its goals, President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday in Elbląg.

Head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Pawel Soloch speaking on Wednesday with Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov confirmed Poland's support for Ukraine's present steps.