Minister Radosław Sikorski takes part in London Defence Conference 2024
23.05.2024
Visiting London today, Poland’s top diplomat delivered an address during a Defence Conference hosted by King’s College. The event focused on capacity building to tackle global threats. Also, Minister Sikorski met with his British counterpart, David Cameron. The meeting’s agenda included cooperation between Poland and the UK, bilateral relations, preparations for the upcoming NATO summit, and support for warring Ukraine.
In his speech, Minister Radosław Sikorski said that Poland’s security policy rests on two complementary pillars: the decisive role of NATO with strong US leadership and the ever stronger European Union.
He emphasised that Ukraine’s fighting soldiers buy Europe time to rebuild our own deterrence, while Poland contributes to ensuring security in Europe with its expenditure on defence and military modernisation and by supporting Ukraine.
Minister Sikorski advocated the broadest possible inclusion of the United Kingdom in Europe’s security structures and the EU’s defence initiatives. He also supported the investments made jointly with the UK to build deterrence capabilities needed to counter disinformation as well as hybrid and cyber threats.
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Held from 21 to 23 May in partnership with King’s College London, the London Defence Conference 2024 was the third iteration of the annual international debate on geopolitics taking place at Bush House. This year’s event focused on deterrence. The attending leaders, policymakers, military, academia and industry discussed how to strengthen defence and security in an increasingly dangerous global environment. Attendance at the Conference was by invitation only, enabling an open exchange of opinions.
Photo: Sebastian Indra/MFA
