"President Biden will welcome President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland for a joint meeting at the White House on March 12," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Thursday.
"The leaders will reaffirm their unwavering support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s brutal war of conquest," she added.
"The meeting also coincides with the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO and underscores the United States’ and Poland’s shared ironclad commitment to the NATO Alliance, which makes us all safer," the statement said.
"The three will coordinate ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit in Washington," it added. "They will also discuss the strong U.S.-Polish strategic energy security partnership, its robust economic relationship, and the United States’ and Poland’s shared commitment to democratic values."
The Polish president took to X to say that his and Tusk's upcoming joint visit to Washington "on the anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO shows that the Polish-US alliance is and will remain strong, no matter who is in power in both countries."
Poland became a member of NATO on March 12, 1999.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, starting the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II.
Thursday is day 722 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: IAR, PAP, whitehouse.gov