American soldiers stationed in Poland honored! On the occasion of the upcoming independency Day, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish presented them with the Medals of the Polish Army. “Poland is simply a permanent and unchanging ally of the United States, and the United States is simply a durable and unchanging ally of Poland,” said the head of the MON.
The inauguration ceremony of the National independency Day was held on Wednesday at the office of the Ministry of Defence. – present we start presenting awards to allied soldiers. We are the first to separate US soldiers to whom I would like to thank warmly," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The head of the MON indicated that Poland remembers, of course, its ancestors, who won independency in 1918, however, alliances are besides very crucial for Poland today. Therefore, a twelve military from the US Army, who are stationed in Poland, received the Polish Army Medals today.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that in our country there are presently about 10,000 American soldiers who service every day they practice with Poles, are besides active in securing safety on the east flank of NATO. “Poland is simply a permanent and unchanging ally of the United States, and the United States is simply a durable and unchanging ally of Poland,” said the Minister of Defence. He besides recalled that Poland intends to allocate 4.7% of GDP, the most of all NATO countries, to defence next year. “This is simply a kind of warrant of our safety,” said the head of the MON. He added that these funds were used, among another things, to get equipment for the Polish Army, besides from the United States. As an example, he gave Apache helicopters, F-35 aircraft is Abrams tanks. “These are the tens of billions of dollars the Polish payer spends on purchasing this equipment,” he said.
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Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz besides stressed that today's celebration is held at a very crucial minute for the US and the world, which is just after the 47th president of the United States election. He pointed out that although the authoritative election results are not yet known, everything indicates that Donald Trump won the presidential election. – I congratulate the president on his triumph – he said. The Deputy Prime Minister added that he was convinced that cooperation with the fresh US administration would be very good due to the fact that both countries share the same values: freedom and democracy. He estimated that it was based on the presence of U.S. subdivisions in Poland, and is besides "a warrant of safety not only for Poland but for the full east flank of NATO". “Polish-American relationship is simply a Polish state ration”, said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
The national defence minister besides reported that more soldiers from the allied armies would shortly be decorated. Today, in Powidz, medals will be awarded to pilot parts, who supported Poles during actions aimed at removing the effects of floods. On Friday, a ceremony will be held at the Museum of the Polish Army, during which Polish soldiers will be distinguished. erstwhile asked by journalists about general nominations, which according to tradition are awarded on the occasion of the 11th of November, the head of the MON confirmed that specified a ceremony is planned. However, as he recalled, although the Minister of National Defence is making proposals on this matter, the final decision on who receives the promotion is made by the President. “Cooperation for the safety of the Republic is simply a Polish state ration, and the general nominations are a complement to it”, he stressed.
