Tomasz Szatkowski, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of National Defense, held talks with the Director of the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves and with Lieutenant General Todd T. Semonite, Commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Current issues of Polish-American cooperation in the field of security and defense were the main topic of the conversation between Tomasz Szatkowski, undersecretary of state in the Ministry of National Defense and the deputy commander of the US Army in Europe Major General Timothy McGuire.

- Today we meet as part of the Northern Group, but we are talking about cooperation on a pan-European scale, on the coordination of our activities. Today's meeting outcome is the decision that our joint response to what is happening behind the Polish eastern border will be the coordination of exercises between the Northern Group states - said Minister Mariusz Blaszczak in The Hague.

- We are pleased that the initiative under the name 4 x 30 to improve the armed forces' readiness takes on specific shapes. The talks were very constructive - summed up the first plenary session of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defense.

Strengthening security efforts and the presence of allied troops on the eastern flank are the main topics discussed by Mariusz Błaszczak, the minister of national defense with Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general.

- Classic threats have not disappeared. To improve NATO deterrence and defense capabilities, a more efficient Alliance command structure is needed. We also need to create more detailed plans for defense - the defense minister Mariusz Blaszczak stressed at the meeting of the Defense and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Warsaw.

- Serving in Latvia, you show solidarity with our allies from NATO every day. The decisions taken at the NATO summit in Warsaw meant that we could feel safe in Poland, but also in Latvia, in the countries that make up NATO. This is a great value - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense during a meeting with Polish soldiers serving in Latvia.

- This is an extraordinary year and an unusual cruise of ‘Dar Młodzieży’ (‘The gift of Youth’) sailing ship. This year, very young people became Poland's ambassadors. This is a very important moment for all of us. In this way, we promote Poland in the world. The crew is very important - young people with passion - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense during a meeting with the crew of the sailing ship ‘Dar Młodzieży’.

- We talked with the defense minister about the challenges we face today. Polish-Estonian cooperation is very strong. One of our tasks is, for example, the Air Policing mission - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense after talking with the defense minister of Estonia.

The security situation on the eastern and southern flanks of the North Atlantic Alliance dominated the talks of Mariusz Błaszczak, Minister of National Defense of Poland with Mihai Fifor, Minister of Defense of Romania. The heads of the defense ministries of both countries met during the Polish-Romanian intergovernmental consultations on May 25, 2018 in Warsaw.