The V4 defence cooperation as well as its prospects were the main issues discussed during the V4 Defence Ministers meeting in Budapest. The Ministry of National Defence was represented by Deputy Minister - Under-Secretary of State Mr Tomasz Szatkowski.

On Monday, Andrzej Duda, the President of the Republic of Poland, the Superior of the Armed Forces and Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense met in Bagram military base with soldiers of the Polish Military Contingent. They serve in Afghanistan as part of the Resolute Support mission.

The threats to the regional and global security as well as the Polish-US cooperation aimed at addressing those challenges were the main issues tackled during the meeting Deputy Minister - Under-Secretary of State Mr Tomasz Szatkowski with dr Richard D. Hooker, Jr. - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia in the National Security Council.

Security issues in Europe and the presence of the NATO Treaty battlegroups in the countries of the Alliance's eastern flank predominated the talks of Mariusz Błaszczak, the minister of national defense with Rose Gottemoeller, deputy secretary general of NATO.

On the 14th of March 2018, the meeting of a Polish-U.S. High Level Defense Group (HLDG) has been held.

- Poland attaches a great importance to cooperation in the B9 Group and between the countries of the Eastern Flank - assured Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense during the B9 Meeting in defence ministers’ format.

- I would like to thank you for your service outside of Poland, together with Romanian soldiers. This is extremely important for us, for Poland, for our security - said Mariusz Błaszczak, the Minister of National Defense, during a meeting with soldiers serving in the Polish Military Contingent in Romania.

We have many important dates for the history of Poland in our calendar. One of them is March 12. On this day in 1999 the Republic of Poland was officially accepted into the countries forming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO.

Bilateral and multilateral cooperation and the security situation in the Baltic and Nordic regions were the main topics of consultations of Polish and Norwegian Deputy Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs (7th March). The Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence, Mr. Tomasz Szatkowski, participated in the meeting.

On 6 March 2018 Undersecretary of State in MoD Tomasz Szatkowski took part in the EU Ministers of Defence meeting in the framework of Foreign Affairs Council.