The US president said on Tuesday that the Atlantic Alliance is “stronger than ever” a year after the start of the war in Ukraine and reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the security of Europe.
Joe Biden, who is in Warsaw this Tuesday after a surprise visit to Kiev on Monday, described NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) as “probably the most important alliance in history” and underscored its strength despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hopes that the organization would crumble with the war in Ukraine.
The US head of state also defended – opening a meeting with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, as part of a series of consultations with allies to prepare for a more complicated phase of the war in Ukraine – that having security in Europe is essential.
“We must have security in Europe,” he said at the presidential palace in Warsaw.
“It’s so simple, so simple, so consistent,” he added, praising the “truly extraordinary” support Poland has provided to Ukraine and the Ukrainians.
For his part, Andrzej Duda praised the US president’s trip, which he deemed “spectacular” because it “raised the morale of Ukraine’s defenders” and opined that “thanks to Joe Biden, we have seen that America is capable of to ensure”. .
This is Biden’s second official visit to Poland in the past 12 months, and he is expected to deliver a political speech in the afternoon.
On Wednesday, the US president will meet in Warsaw with the heads of state and government of nine countries on NATO’s eastern flank, which are geographically closer to Russia.
Tuesday afternoon’s speech should also be seen as a “reply” to the intervention of the Russian president this morning, in which Vladimir Putin declared it “impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield” and pulled the country out of nuclear weapons limitation agreements. .
Source: DN
