Biden’s speech in Poland is regarded as a “world-scale” event

Polish President Andrzej Duda believes that U.S. President Joe Biden’s two-day visit on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will lead to events of global significance.

Biden arrived in Poland Monday evening after a surprise visit to Ukraine.

The White House said that during his visit to Poland, he plans to hold talks with the leaders of nine countries on NATO’s eastern flank and give a speech about “how the United States has rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine.”

“I have no doubt that President Biden’s visit to Poland and his speech in Warsaw will be a world-class event,” Polish President Andrzej Duda told the Munich Security Conference.

Polish leaders stress that this is the second time in the past year that Biden has come to Poland, a country that offers Kiev significant military and humanitarian aid.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who was also in Munich on Saturday, said Biden “will make a very important speech in Poland next week.”

“I think it’s safe to say that he’s likely to talk about the path we’ve taken together over the last year, where we are today, and, as I said, our continued commitment to Ukraine’s success, which is our shared success,” Blinken said.

The president will make clear that the U.S. will support Ukraine “for as long as it takes,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Biden’s speech would be “much more meaningful and influential” than Russian President Vladimir Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly, which he will deliver on Tuesday.

Putin introduced troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The stiff resistance of the Ukrainians and the supply of Western arms has forced Moscow to reduce the ambition of its goals. But the diplomatic fallout from years of war has echoed around the world.

White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said Biden intends to send a “powerful message of solidarity” during his visit to Poland.

In a statement announcing his trip to Ukraine, Biden said he was looking forward to visiting Poland “to meet with President Duda and the leaders of our allies on the eastern flank.”

Biden also announced that he would “give a speech on how the United States will continue to rally the world to support the people of Ukraine and the core values, human rights and dignity enshrined in the UN Charter that unite us around the world.”

NATO member Poland has been a staunch ally of Ukraine, providing humanitarian and military aid to Kiev. The country has taken in millions of Ukrainian refugees who have crossed the border and provided the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski with billions of dollars worth of weapons and other aid.

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