We have the strongest relations between Poland and America in history. I am very optimistic about the affairs of Poland, said US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski in the interview “Facti po factach” on TVN24. He added that the security of our country is “crucial” for the United States. – We thought out every possible scenario from the military point of view, how to protect Poland, – he emphasized.
Ambassador Mark Brzezinski referred to the results of the US presidential election in “Fact by Fact” on TVN24. He said he was “deeply convinced that (Donald Trump) has a deep love for Poles and Poland.” – When I was at the conference organized by the Polish-American Congress in Chicago, President Trump called the conference to speak at the Polish-American Congress and said how much he loves Poland and how much he loves Poles, – he added.
As the US ambassador to Poland said, “we are preparing for the transfer of power.” He assessed that “we have the strongest relations between Poland and America in history.” – I really look at the affairs of Poland very optimistically, – he added.
Brzezinski: we have great respect for the role of Poland
Brzezinski said that “we in Washington have great respect for the role that Poland has played since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine.”
He thanked President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski, head of the Ministry of National Defense Władysław Kosniak-Kamys, former head of the Ministry of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak. As he said, despite the differences, “relations with Washington, with the Biden administration, have always been very strong.”
– Security and peace of Poles was always the first priority, – he added. He emphasized that “Poland has played an incredible role in this administration because of its response to the conflict in Ukraine, and it has been seen in Washington that Poland has taken a huge risk.”
US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski TVN24
Brzezinski: in this case, we only believe in Poland
The ambassador also pointed to the opening of the US anti-missile defense base in Redzikovo (Pomeranian Voivodeship), the purpose of which is to protect the US and its European allies from ballistic missiles, primarily from Iran.
Brzezinski said that this means that “Poland is one of America's closest allies that we trust with the most sophisticated military equipment.” – The technology in this system is completely secret, very sensitive, and in this case we trust only Poland to work with us, – he added.
He assessed that the opening of the base “is a very important symbol of American-Polish military cooperation.” – This is a system whose purpose is to protect the entire West from missiles coming from the Middle East, not only America, – he emphasized.
“We have considered all possible scenarios from a military point of view on how to defend Poland.”
Brzezinski also referred to the words of Kosiniak-Kamysh, who assessed the need to “expand the scope of the anti-missile shield” and said that “we will definitely talk about this with the Secretary General of NATO (Marek Rutte – NATO). ed .) and with our friends from the United States of America.”
The ambassador was asked if this is possible in the future. – I took these words very seriously. I don't want to get into anything too technical or secret here, but I can say that the security of Poland is absolutely the most important thing, including in the context of the Redzikov base, he said.
Brzezinski: We considered all possible scenarios from a military point of view on how to defend PolandTVN24
– The Biden administration, President Biden sees the risk that Poland took to defend Ukraine and support Ukraine. And the security of Poland is really important for us, he added. – We have considered every possible scenario from a military point of view on how to protect Poland, – he said.