Biden will visit Poland, home of 2 million Ukrainian refugees, during Europe trip

President Biden will cease in Poland throughout his go to to Europe this week amid pressing talks with NATO and European allies, the White Home introduced.

Biden will preserve his preliminary itinerary by touring to Brussels, Belgium, earlier than he heads to Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated in a press release Sunday evening.

Poland has been straight impacted by the Ukraine-Russia Warfare, having taken in over two million of Ukraine’s three million refugees. Poland additionally homes U.S. troops.

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In Warsaw, Biden will meet with President Andrzej Duda to debate how the U.S. and its allies can do mo to assist “the humanitarian and human rights disaster that Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked conflict on Ukraine has created,” Psaki stated.

Poland has repeatedly requested NATO nations to be extra lively in aiding Ukraine in opposition to the invading Russian forces, even going so far as to suggest a plan to the U.S. that would offer MiG fighter jets to Ukraine by way of a NATO airbase. The Pentagon rejected the plan, saying the MiG switch would pose a “excessive threat” in doubtlessly escalating the Ukrainian-Russian conflict on a world stage. 

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Biden’s Europe journey features a summit on Thursday with NATO leaders, who will search to make use of their allied energy to bolster worldwide defenses and ship a message of deterrence to Russian President Vladimir Putin.  

The summit will present NATO’s “help to Ukraine, but in addition our readiness to guard and defend all NATO allies,” NATO Secretary-Normal Jens Stoltenberg advised CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

President Joe Biden speaks on the annual Buddies of Eire luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022.
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Stoltenberg added: “And by sending that message, we’re stopping an escalation of the battle to a full-fledged conflict between NATO and Russia.”

Estonia’s prime minister, Kaja Kallas, equally described the pursuits of the assembly as increase the Jap bloc nations in opposition to Russia.

“We now have to strengthen our jap flank of NATO. We now have been speaking about this for years, however now it’s time for motion,″ Kallas advised CNN’s “State of the Union.”

She added: “We’d like some extra capabilities to help ourselves and defend ourselves by air protection programs, what is certainly mandatory right here, but in addition the troops which can be current that act as a deterrent additionally to the Russian navy.”

The Related Press contributed to this report.