Andrzej Duda made the comment after the Western defence pact’s emergency summit in Brussels, Belgium, Poland's PAP news agency reported.
The president told reporters that the summit had discussed ways to boost the security of the alliance, “especially of member states situated near Russia’s borders.”
NATO leaders decided that the alliance would set up four new multinational battlegroups, in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, news outlets reported.
“There wasn’t a single opposing voice,” Duda told a news conference after attending the gathering in Brussels.
He added that US President Joe Biden had stressed the importance of NATO’s principle of collective defence, enshrined in Article 5 of the Washington Treaty.
Stopping Russian aggression against Ukraine
NATO “maintains unity” in seeking to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Duda said.
“We must do everything, by means that are peaceful, but also appropriate to needs, to stop Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” he added.
Duda told reporters that the priority was now “to stop the killing of the civilian population, prevent further bombardment of settlements, and lift the blockade of Ukrainian cities.”
He cautioned, however, that "a mere ceasefire" was not enough.
“Any ceasefire must be coupled with the withdrawal of Russian forces from the internationally recognised territory of Ukraine,” the Polish president emphasised.
Thursday was day 29 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP