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The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the biggest challenge for European security since the time of the Cold War, according to President Bronislaw Komorowski. The Polish president is in favour of strengthening NATO's eastern flank.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday spoke about the situation in Ukraine, preparations for the upcoming NATO summit and the transatlantic community’s response to the recent downing of a Malaysian jetliner in Ukraine.

President Bronislaw Komorowski believes that attempts to destabilise the Ukrainian state, their effects including the shootdown of a Malaysian passenger liner on Thursday, are not just Ukraine's problem but a global one.

The Ukrainian-Russian conflict, the European Union's security policy and the NATO summit in September were the topics of a meeting of presidential security advisors from Poland and the Baltic States held on Monday in Riga.

We present a synthesis of the results of the strategic consultations and workshops, attended by the secretaries of the national security councils from Visegrad Group countries. The meetings, initiated by BBN, took place in 2013-2014. Its aim was to strengthen the EU's security policy.

Poland wants to be a good US ally, President Bronislaw Komorowski said Friday in Warsaw at a Fourth of July (US Independence Day) gala in the residence of US Ambassador Stephen Mull.

On 7 July 2014, President Bronisław Komorowski signed an offset law which adjusts Polish legislation in this sphere to EU laws. The new law shifts offset agreements compensating foreign defence purchases from the Ministry of Economy to the Ministry of National Defence.

The Ukrainian crisis and challenges facing NATO were discussed by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski with NATO Secretary General designate Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej.

Secretaries of security councils from the Visegrad Group of States met in Budapest on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the upcoming NATO summit and European and regional security, the Poland's National Security Office (BBN) reported late on Wednesday.

NATO's basic strength is its deterrence capability, therefore NATO forces should be deployed in its eastern regions, head of Poland's National Security Office (BBN) Stanislaw Koziej said on Tuesday as he referred to the situation in Ukraine.