We have the strongest Polish-American relations in history. I look very optimistically at Poland's affairs, said US ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24. He added that the security of our country is “crucial” for the US. – We have thought through every possible scenario from a military point of view on how to defend Poland – he emphasized.
Ambassador Mark Brzezinski commented in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24 on the results of the presidential elections in USA. He said that he “is deeply convinced that (Donald Trump) has deep love for Poles and Poland.” – When I was at the conference organized by the Polish-American congress in Chicago three weeks ago, President Trump called the conference to address the Polish-American congress and said how much he loved Poland and how much he admired Poles – he added.
As the US ambassador to Poland said, “we will prepare for the transfer of power.” He assessed that “we have the strongest Polish-American relations in history.” – I really look very optimistically at Poland's affairs – he added.
Brzezinski: we have great respect for the role played by Poland
Brzezinski said that “we have great respect in Washington for the role Poland has played since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine.”
He thanked the president Andrzej Dudathe Prime Minister Donald Tuskformer Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieckithe head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs RadosÅ‚aw Sikorskithe head of the Ministry of National Defence, WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Kosiniak-Kamysz, former head of the Ministry of National Defence Mariusz BÅ‚aszczak. As he said, despite the differences, “relations with Washington, with the Biden administration have always been very strong.”
– The security and peace of Poles have always been the highest priority – he added. He emphasized that “Poland has played an incredible role during this administration because of its response to the conflict in Ukraine, and it was noticed in Washington that Poland took a huge risk.”
Brzezinski: in this case we only trust Poland
The ambassador also commented on the opening in Redzikowo (Pomeranian Voivodeship) the base of the American anti-missile shield, which is intended to protect the United States and its European allies against ballistic missiles, primarily from Iran.
Brzezinski said this means that “Poland is one of America's closest allies, whom we trust with the most sophisticated military technology.” – The technology involved in this system is absolutely secret, super sensitive and in this case we only trust Poland to work with us – he added.
He assessed that the opening of the base “is a very important symbol of American-Polish military cooperation.” – This is a system that is really intended to protect the entire West, not only America, from missiles coming from the Middle East – he emphasized.
“We have thought through every possible scenario from a military point of view on how to defend Poland.”
Brzezinski also referred to the words of Kosiniak-Kamysz, who assessed that it was necessary to “expand the scope of operation of the anti-missile shield” and said that “we will definitely talk about this with the Secretary General (NATO Marek Rutte – ed.) and with our friends from the United States United”.
The ambassador was asked whether this was possible in the future. – I would take these words very seriously. I don't want to get into anything overly technical or secret here, but I can say that Poland's security is absolutely the most important thing, including in the context of the base in Redzikowo, he said.
– The Biden administration, President Biden sees the risk that Poland took to defend Ukraine and support Ukraine. And Polish security is really crucial for us, he added. – We have thought through every possible scenario, from a military point of view, on how to defend Poland – he said.