NATO Secretary General thanked Poland for increased defense spending
Leonid Sviridov. New NATO Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg, located in the capital of Poland with the first foreign visit as the head of NATO, thanked Poland for the increase in military defense spending, reports journalist Last news .
NATO Secretary General met with the new Prime Minister ewa kopacz.
in the process, a mutual press conference with Secretary General of the North Atlantic community, Kopach said that " appreciates the fact that private 1st foreign visit of the NATO Secretary General has decided to inflict just in Poland.
The head of the Polish government announced that Warsaw " of primary importance are the issues of security, taking into account the conflict in Ukraine ". Kopach said that Poland will increase military spending to 2% of GDP, " these funds are already budgeted ".
for its part, Stoltenberg said that " Poland is a very loyal member of NATO ". Commonwealth Secretary-General expressed his gratitude to the Polish authorities for an increase in defence spending to 2% of GDP ".
" This is a good example for other members of the Commonwealth. I hope that other members of NATO will also go on your journey, " said Mr Stoltenberg, addressing Kopach.
NATO Secretary General on the first day of the week will also meet with Deputy Prime Minister and defense Minister Tomasz Semenyaka and Minister of foreign Affairs of Poland Grzegorz Schetyna.
in addition, the Head of the North Atlantic Commonwealth will visit the military airbase in Affection, where they will meet with staff of the air forces of NATO.
Stoltenberg was appointed NATO Secretary General on 1 October. Conclusion on appointment to the post of the former Prime Minister of Norway was adopted in March of the current year. The range of possibilities Dane Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who took this position in April 2009, expired on 30 September.