16:51 24.08.2016

Polish president believes Central, Eastern Europe ought to expand presence in NATO

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Polish president believes Central, Eastern Europe ought to expand presence in NATO

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Central and Eastern Europe should enhance their political presence in the North Atlantic Alliance for the purpose of maintaining the equilibrium in these parts of the world.

"Central and Eastern Europe ought to enhance their political presence within the North Atlantic Alliance. It is important in terms of maintaining equilibrium in this part of the world where domination of external hegemons always brought wars and conflicts. A community of free nations and independent Central European countries that are combined by common history. It is exactly this community, which operates as part of the European Union and NATO, that can guarantee, in the long run, peace in the European continent," Duda said when addressing Ukrainian diplomats in Kyiv on Wednesday.

Duda also noted that it is necessary to move away from the hierarchy model of interaction that suggests a division between central and periphery countries.

Duda highlighted that his country consistently supports the EU expansion.

"Poland is a country that repeatedly recalls that the European Community ought to expand its boundaries. Isolation leads to division and disintegration and is an obstacle to peace and understanding among nations. Openness, conversely, strengthens peace," Duda said.

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