Secretary General discusses Warsaw Summit with Polish President, 30-May.-2016

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The NATO Secretary General praised Poland for playing a big role in shaping the response to current security challenges. He commended Poland for hosting Multinational Corps Northeast and one of NATO’s new small headquarters. Mr. Stoltenberg also thanked Poland for breaking ground on a new site for NATO’s missile defence system, to protect against missile attacks from outside the Euro-Atlantic area. Poland is a major contributor to NATO’s exercises, Baltic air-policing, as well as Alliance-led missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo. “Poland is also leading by example on defence spending”, Mr. Stoltenberg said. “You devote 2% of your GDP to defence. And you are making significant investments in new capabilities. I welcome that very much. All of this shows Poland’s leadership and commitment to NATO.” The NATO Secretary General said that the Warsaw Summit in July will be a “landma...

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