Agerpres
March 22, 2022

Poland’s Duda: Whoever joins Russia must be punished in the same way as the aggressor

Whoever joins Russia must be punished in the same way as the aggressor, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda told a joint news conference in Bucharest on Tuesday with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis.

“If Belarus joins the war, if it attacks Ukraine, I think it will be necessary to make decisions about imposing sanctions on Belarus, and I believe that NATO and the European Union and all honest countries must be clear: whoever joins Russia must be sanctioned in the same way as the aggressor,” said the Polish President, according to the official Romanian translation.

He said this summer’s NATO summit would be “exceptional.”

“Before the NATO summit, we will make diplomatic efforts so that everyone who creates this huge global alliance will understand how serious the situation is…,” Duda said.

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“…It is NATO’s commitment to defend the world against Russia…,” said Duda.

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Agerpres
March 22, 2022

Polish president says new NATO strategic concept needed

In the current situation, a new strategic concept of NATO is needed, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday in a joint press statement with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest.

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“Taking into account what happened in Ukraine…taking into account the crisis related to it, the security crisis for us, as well as for entire Europe, we might say for the entire world, we need a new concept of NATO….”