- Poland and the United Kingdom have established further joint initiatives in the field of defence and global security, including against terrorism
- Sikorski gave a lecture at the Royal College of Defence Studies, pointing to the request to modernise the army and the function of tanks, drones and artificial intelligence
- Poland intends to participate in NATO operations, preserving its function as an irreplaceable logistics hub for the Alliance and protecting its borders
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The head of Polish diplomacy began a four-day visit to the UK on Thursday. That day he met with abroad Minister David Lamby. During the press briefing, he emphasized that he besides spoke with British Prime Minister's advisor for safety affairs Jonathan Powell.
— Polish-British relations flourish, so does Polish-British trade. Our compatriots here request that the Polish language be taught in British schools, I set the matter. But of course the main topics were global security, the war in Ukraine, EU-British and Polish-British cooperation in the field of security. Here Poland and the United Kingdom are close allies and we have established further initiatives,” Sikorski stressed. He added that this is inactive to be confirmed, but Lammy welcomed the invitation to meet EU abroad ministers in Warsaw on 7 May.
"UK seeks approximation fields"
Sikorski estimated that if Britain wanted to return to closer ties with the European Union, most of us in Poland would be pleased with that. “Even if that doesn’t happen, Britain is looking for a field of approximation. Erasmus is spoken of, another forms of rapprochement are referred to, and it is peculiarly valuable in the field of defence,” noted the head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs.
He stressed that Poland, during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, is looking for ways in which this cooperation in the field of defence industries, defence itself and more broadly understood safety against terrorism could be institutionalised.
The head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, answering questions about the war in Ukraine and possible plans to affect Western allies in the peace mission, stressed that "Poland intends to participate in the operation, but not in the territory of Ukraine".
“Putin did not accept the fall of the USSR”
“What Poland gives NATO is to defend the key territory of the Alliance, or our own borders. We are an irreplaceable logistics hub that needs to be protected from Belarus and Russia, so here we see our function and very well that generals are talking about it so that Putin understands that, first of all, he will not decide what troops will be in Ukraine, but Ukraine. And secondly, that we are preparing for this on the military feasibility side,” said the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs.
As Radosław Sikorski said through the X platform, in London he met with the Ukrainian ambassador in the UK and erstwhile commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, General Walerij Załużny. He besides gave a lecture on "War and Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Lessons from Ukraine" at the Royal College of Defence Studies. Among another things, he pointed out that “the time of the aged army is coming to an end.” He added that tanks, aircraft, ammunition, drones and artificial intelligence are now needed for the defence.
“Putin never got over the fall of the russian Union and decided to rematch. The fresh axis of autocracy threatens our values, safety and lifestyle. It is our occupation to prevent a greater conflict. Our occupation is to win. Together, as an international, democratic alliance, we are able to do so,” said Sikorski.
