NATO Secretary General with the President of Poland Andrzej Duda, 14 MAR 2024

Press conference with the NATO Secretary General and the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, 14 March 2023. , NATO Secretary General: President Duda, Dear Andrzej, Its great to see you again. Welcome back to NATO Headquarters. It is always a pleasure to have you here. This week, we mark the 25th anniversary of Polands accession into NATO. NATOs Open Door helped to spread freedom and democracy in Europe. And since joining, Poland has become a key Ally and a security provider. You are building one of the biggest armies in NATO. You spend around 4 percent of GDP on defence, topping the NATO table. And you are adding major capabilities, including F35s, HIMARS, and helicopters. Poland makes the whole Alliance stronger. And NATO makes all Allies safer. U. S. Patriot batteries and Italian jets guard your skies. Over 10, 000 Allied troops are based in Poland. And in the summer, a longplanned US missile defence