Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Wednesday before his trip to Sweden that he will encourage his partners to participate in “maritime policing”, a joint commitment to control and secure Baltic waters.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk will attend the Nordic and Baltic summit in Harpsund, the Swedish Prime Minister's residence, on Wednesday. The head of the Polish government will participate in the press conference together with the heads of the “Northern and Baltic” states. On Thursday, he is due to sign a new strategic partnership agreement with Sweden that will update the 2011 provisions.
Tusk: We are working on the line of defense against possible Russian aggression
Before the trip, he gave a press conference. He emphasized that the negotiations touch on “three issues in which Poland has recently played a major role.” He mentioned transatlantic relations, regional security cooperation and the war in Ukraine. He emphasized that this meeting is also important in the perspective of Poland's presidency in the European Union, which will begin in January.
– For many months, practically since the beginning of the conflicts in the east and the Russian attack on Ukraine, Poland has been looking for a formula to unite countries that have a clear and very similar, if not identical, position on these issues. that is, transatlantic relations between NATO and Ukraine, regional security, policy towards Russia, he said. It is good that here the former countries, the countries of the Baltic region, have a very similar policy, which should become the policy of the entire European Union and NATO in this part of the world, said Tusk.
He added that Poland, together with the Baltic countries, is working on a line of defense against possible Russian aggression. – For us, this is the Eastern Shield. The Baltic countries are also building a similar fortification system. We want to make this a project from Finland to our border with Ukraine. We have experience that makes our countries safer than before, said the Prime Minister.
He announced that he would encourage his partners to participate in “naval police,” a joint venture to monitor and secure Baltic waters against potential Russian provocations.
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