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NATO says Poland reaffirms Afghan support, missile defence

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Poland commits additional forces to Afghanistan
NATO and Poland discuss missile defence and energy security

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6 June 2007 meeting at NATO Headquarters between Polish President Lech Kaczynski and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
They discussed NATO operations (notably Afghanistan), the 2008 Summit, NATO enlargement, missile defence and energy security
Poland reiterated commitment to Alliance solidarity in Afghanistan; Poland and the United States held bilateral talks on hosting a missile defence interceptor base; both agreed on indivisibility of security and need for full coverage linked to the US 'third site'

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Create an account Reset password Already have an account? Log in From now on you can download videos from our website If you would also like to subscribe to the newsletter and receive our latest updates, click on the button below. Enter the email address you registered with and we will send you a code to reset your password. The password must be at least 12 characters long, no spaces, include upper/lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Click the button to return to the page you were on and log in with your new password. 06 June 2007 The President of Poland, Lech Kaczynski, visited NATO Headquarters on 6 June for talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. They discussed the key items on the Alliance’s agenda including NATO’s operations, particularly in Afghanistan, as well as issues related to the Alliance’s 2008 Summit, including NATO enlargement. President Kaczynski reiterated Poland’s strong commitment to Alliance solidarity in Afghanistan, saying that the extra Polish forces deployed to support NATO’s mission in the country will be fully operational very soon. The President also informed the Secretary General about the bilateral talks between Poland and the United States on the hosting of a missile defence interceptor base in Poland. They both agreed the importance of the indivisibility of security and of finding the right solutions to the threat of ballistic missiles. “All NATO Allies are created equal, and in the discussion about missile defence there are no A and B NATO Allies,” stressed the Secretary General, “The end of the discussion should be, that linked to the US ‘third site’ there should be full coverage for continental Europe and all the NATO Allies, wherever they are geographically, and that is as you know linking a system on theatre missile defence to the US ‘third site’ dicussion.” President Kaczynski and the Secretary General also discussed energy security. The Polish President emphasized the need to implement the decisions from NATO’s November 2006 Summit. Link was copied to clipboard

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