News - National Security Bureau

President Bronisław Komorowski accompanied by a delegation came on Monday morning to Moscow, from where he set off to Smoleńsk and Katyń in order to commemorate with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev the victims of Smolensk plane crash and the Katyń massacre. The president is accompanied by the Head of the NSB, Minister Stanisław Koziej.

"By our joined efforts, we shall affirm the decisions taken at the NATO summit in Lisbon," said President Bronisław Komorowski after his meeting with the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. At the Lisbon summit, the Organisation adopted a new strategic concept.

Minister Koziej familiarised the students of AWC with the structure and position of the Bureau as well as with its tasks.

A courtesy meeting was dedicated to among others the future of the Common Security and Defence Policy and Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The meeting focused on tightening the security dialogue between Poland and Mongolia, particularly between the NSB and Mongolian National Security Council.

The Head of the National Security Bureau Stanislaw Koziej received the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Poland Alexey Volkov.

Monday morning in Warsaw saw the beginning of the Weimar Triangle summit. The official welcoming ceremony took place at the courtyard of the Wilanów Palace. The presidents of France and Poland, Nicolas Sarkozy and Bronisław Komorowski, and the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, took part in the ceremony. National anthems of France, Germany, and Poland were played.

Invited by the Head of the NSB Minister Stanisław Koziej, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Secretary Nikolay Patrushev visited Poland on 31 January - 2 February 2011.

On Monday, 31 January 2011, the National Security Bureau celebrated its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, the Presidential Palace hosted a conference „National Security of the Republic of Poland at the Turn of the Century: Experience of the National Security Bureau - Strategic Challenges”.

Finishing his diplomatic mission in Poland, Slovak Defence Attaché Brigadier-General Jozef Viktorin was awarded Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. On behalf of the President of Poland, Head of NSB Minister Stanisław Koziej awarded the decoration.