President Andrzej Duda delivered a speech on Monday 11 November during a briefing before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He pointed to the function of independent Poland to keep stableness in Europe; he argued that we draw lessons from past and present we will defend ourselves to prevent a disaster akin to 1939; he pointed out the function of the US in maintaining peace in our region and expressed solidarity with Ukraine.
"Today we have no uncertainty that if we are strong, if we are responsible, peace in our part of Europe will continue. We will last all the turmoil in past and will besides proceed the independent sovereign Republic of Poland," said president Andrzej Duda.
He besides emphasized the dedication of those fighting for independence. As he said, Józef Piłsudski knew well how hard it was for generations to regain independency for 123 years. "He knew perfectly well how many people gave up their lives, fighting from subsequent uprisings, from the Kościuszko Uprising to the November Uprising and the January Uprising, through the planet War I fight on different fronts, to free, sovereign, independent Poland to reconstruct it to regain it," added the president.
He besides pointed out that Piłsudski knew, “how much it cost to suffer, to send to Sibir, a prison where he was himself.” "He saw how many years it took to be in a abroad country to organize work in different ways will reduce, Polish communities in different places to regain this independence," he added.
The president besides stated that Poland is liable for its security. “Today the Fathers of independency look at us. And those who conducted political procedures and those who carried out military activities. Like Marshal Joseph Piłsudski. present they are looking at how at the right minute we began modernization and strengthening the Polish army. present they are looking at how consistently we, the full Polish society of the full Polish nation consistently renounced the immense spending on defence. To guarantee safety so that we don't gotta fight," said Duda.
He added that we draw conclusions from the errors of the 1939 attack on Poland, erstwhile the issue of safety from the infrastructure and political side was neglected.
"It is simply a dream, as any people seem, that present Europe is able to safe itself," said the President.
As he said, russian Russia during the Cold War "did not dare to attack the strong West, precisely due to the fact that the West spent more than 3% of GDP on its safety in all NATO countries". "This was a tough policy and economical 1 at the time, russian Russia was incapable to deal with it," he said.
The president stressed that today's Russia will besides "not be able to cope with the strong West – but it must be strong; strong its own military potential, strong its own economy and must be strong iron support and cooperation with the United States". According to the President, a strong Western is simply a warrant that Poland will "pertain in this part of Europe as a supporter of the free planet chain, which is all countries north and south of us". "States which freedom, sovereignty and independency as we value themselves above all else," he added. Therefore, as he stressed, we must urge all our allies to consistently rise defence spending.
The president besides expressed his gratitude to the US.
"We are grateful to our allies, the next presidents of the United States, that they come to us over the Vistula River and repeat these words powerfully about safety guarantees," the president stressed. Especially, as he said, "in the hard times erstwhile Russian imperialism was reborn, which present tries to destruct our neighbour, whom we support and which – we believe profoundly – will besides be part of the free world, due to the fact that thanks to the free planet and support he will defend himself against Russian aggression."
He besides made a request to return to Ukraine to the borders before the war.
"We request absolute adherence to the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, as present – especially Ukraine, which must return to its borders before the Russian attack. Not only the 1 from 2022, but besides the first 1 from 2014. This is what security, the order of the world, as well as strength and compliance with global law require," said president Duda during the 106th anniversary of independence.
Source: PAP 
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