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On 21 October 2013, President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski visited Mongolia, where he met with President Tsakhia Elbegdorj. B. Komorowski spoke also with Prime Minister of Mongolia and Chairman of the Mongolian Parliament.

Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej commentary for Polish Market (nr 7-8 <203>/2013) economic magazine. S. Koziej writes about the security policy of the NATO and EU, and modernisation of the Polish Armed Forces.

On 5 September 2013, Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej met with Yerik Utembayev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Poland.

On 22 July 2013, President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski signed the bill that changes the command system and reduces the number of top-level commands in the Polish Armed Forces.

On 11 June 2013, Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej presented the White Book on National Security of the Republic of Poland to the ambassadors and representatives of embassies of NATO and the European Union members states and the neighbouring countries. The meeting - a part of the Strategic Security Forum - was a continuation of the debate on the conclusions and recommendations of the National Security Strategic Review (NSSR), which was completed in December 2012.

On 6 June 2013, President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej also participated in the meeting.

On 26-27 May 2013, took place the meeting of representatives of the secretariats of national security councils of the Visegrád Group (V4) member countries. The main purpose of the meeting was preparing a joint proposal of the new security strategy for the European Union.

On 24 May 2013, in the presence of President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski, took place the inauguration of the White Book on National Security of the Republic Of Poland, which was published for the first time.

20 May 2013. Head of BBN Stanisław Koziej spoke with the security adviser to the president of Romania Iulian Fota about european security, NATO issues and mutual cooperation. S. Koziej and I. Fota met before in December 2011 in Warsaw and in June 2012 in Bucharest.

On 6 May 2013, General Mieczysław Gocuł assumed the duties of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces. The new Chief of the General Staff was appointed by the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland on 23 April 2013.