Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs posted on X on Tuesday, offering “warm congratulations” to President Karol Nawrocki and “our Polish friends and allies,” adding that Latvia values the friendship and bonds forged “fighting for our freedom and now protecting it.”
Nawrocki thanked Rinkēvičs for the message and said Poland and Latvia “stand together and firmly” on defending freedom.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda also congratulated Poles, saying the nations have “stood shoulder to shoulder for centuries,” united by shared history, courage and friendship.
As close neighbors, partners and allies in the European Union and NATO, he said, they continue to strengthen security, prosperity and unity in the region.
Poland marks Independence Day on Nov. 11, commemorating the transfer of command of Polish armed forces to Józef Piłsudski in 1918. The holiday was established by parliament in 1937, abolished in 1945 and restored in 1989 as a non-working day.
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Source: PAP