NATO's new head, Jens Stoltenberg, has reassured Poles during a visit to Warsaw that the Western alliance is ready to defend them. He was responding to Polish concerns over the Ukraine-Russia conflict, reports GHN based on DW.
Former Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg made his first trip aboard in his new role of NATO secretary general by visiting Poland on Monday.
Speaking in Warsaw after talks with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski (pictured), Stoltenberg said NATO would maintain a presence in the alliance's eastern regions.
There was "no contradiction" between a strong NATO and building constructive relations with Russia, he told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
His trip was to signal "strong solidarity" from NATO partners to Poland and other Baltic state members, he said, "but without violating NATO's international commitments."
