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President Bronislaw Komorowski met with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini on Thursday to discuss European and EU security and defence policy.

The National Security Strategy is a significant document outlining directions of activity which are important in the light of changes in security beyond Poland's eastern border, President Bronislaw Komorowski said Wednesday after signing the document.

Polish and Israeli Presidents, Bronislaw Komorowski and Reuven Rivlin met in Warsaw to discuss economic cooperation, security issues in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the situation in the Middle East. The president of the State of Israel arrived on a two-day official visit to Poland on Tuesday.

The 2016 NATO summit in Warsaw could be a good occasion to launch work on a new Alliance strategy, President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Thursday during a lecture at the NATO Defense College in Rome.

Polish and Italian Presidents, Bronislaw Komorowski and Giorgio Napolitano, spoke out for independence and respect for the integrity of Ukraine. The two, meeting in Rome on Tuesday, also discussed the Italian presidency over the EU. President Komorowski as of Tuesday is on an official three-day visit to Italy.

Closer cooperation, the Polish expatriate community in Canada and the Ukraine situation were the main topics of Thursday's talks between President Bronislaw Komorowski and Governor-General of Canada David Johnston in Warsaw.

Raising Poland's defence potential in response to changes in regional security caused by, among others, the Ukraine crisis dominated Wednesday's sitting of the National Security Council (RBN), President Bronislaw Komorowski informed after the sitting.

New NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on his first official foreign visit in Warsaw on Monday discussed NATO's eastern policy and security guarantees offered to members of the alliance with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and PM Ewa Kopacz.

Poland is in favour of reforming the UN Security Council to improve its efficiency in preventing conflicts in the world, President Bronislaw Komorowski said in his official address at the 69th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday.

Poland consistently supports those who would like to see a reform of the United Nations, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said in Fort Bragg, United States, on Tuesday. Poland offers political support for US actions in Syria, the president added.