On Thursday, February 15, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz took part in a meeting of defense ministers of the North Atlantic Alliance countries. One of the goals of the meeting in the formula of the heads of defense ministries is to prepare this year's NATO summit in Washington, which will take place on July 9-11.

After the talks, W. Kosiniak - Kamysz informed about NATO's decision to establish the NATO - Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center in Poland.

"The NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center will be established in Bydgoszcz. The decision was made at today's meeting of the national defense ministers of NATO countries. We have a full agreement and we are starting the formation of this center. It's a multi-stage process, but today also after bilateral talks I'm glad that all member states support this initiative. This is the first initiative of its kind between NATO and Ukraine, which is producing tangible results in the form of the center that is being created, which is vitally needed for gathering lessons learned from the war and strengthening support for struggling Ukraine"

- Deputy Prime Minister noted.

During the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, the Alliance's solidarity with Ukraine was manifested and the possibility of further NATO support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was discussed.

Deputy Prime Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz signed letters of intent regarding proposals for cooperation within the Multinational Procurement Initiative (MPI), involving the establishment of two separate initiatives for the joint procurement of missiles, missile systems and ammunition.

As part of their implementation, the countries will determine the feasibility of combining efforts on multi-year, international procurement of munitions, missiles and weapons systems and related industrial cooperation. The initiatives support the implementation of NATO's Defense Production Action Plan (DPAP). Poland's involvement in the initiatives will provide access to the knowledge and experience of other countries interested in deepening cooperation in the indicated areas.

The visit to Brussels also included bilateral meetings of the head of the Ministry of Defense with, among others, the defense minister of Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Turkey, France and the defense secretary of the United Kingdom. The subjects of the talks included bilateral military cooperation, security threats in the region and further strengthening of NATO's eastern flank.

"I had meetings with the defense minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, the defense secretary of the United Kingdom, the defense minister of Norway, the defense minister of France and Turkey. I also had a long conversation with the defense minister of Finland, so very many bilateral meetings. Very good ones. (...) An important meeting I had, of course, with our partners from the Baltic countries, including the defense minister of Lithuania. There are joint exercises ahead of us. Our armed forces will be involved in the Dragon 24 exercise, which provides an opportunity to strengthen cooperation within NATO, implementing the principle of deterrence and defense"

- the head of the Ministry of Defense said after the bilateral meetings.

Following bilateral talks with the defense ministers of France and Germany, the head of the Ministry of Defense said that cooperation within the Weimar Triangle will be resumed and developed.