We want Poland to be secure, president says at military parade
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
03.05.2019 16:10
Some 2,000 soldiers from the Polish army and allied countries took part in a military parade in Warsaw on Friday as Poland marked Constitution Day.
Military parade in Warsaw on Constitution DayPhoto: PAP/Tomasz Gzell
Watched by several thousand onlookers in Castle Square in the centre of the capital, US troops showed off armoured vehicles. The event also marked Poland’s 20 years in the NATO Western military alliance and 15 years in the European Union.
Around 80 aircraft staged a fly-past while over 200 military vehicles rolled through the streets.
In a speech at the parade, President Andrzej Duda said: "We have great ambitions. We want Poland to be a stable state, we want Poland to be a well-developed country, but above all we want Poland to be a country which is secure, in which the citizen feels safe."
He added: "We also want our citizens abroad to feel Poland is looking after them and to know that if necessary Poland will not let them down. That is the essence of a strong state."
May 3 is a public holiday in Poland, celebrating a historic constitution the country adopted on May 3, 1791.
The document was the first such modern set of fundamental laws in Europe and the second worldwide, after the American Constitution, which was created in 1787.
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Source: Polish Radio/PAP