Poland entered NATO 20 years ago
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Grzegorz Siwicki
12.03.2019 16:00
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Poland entered NATO 20 years ago
Twenty years ago, on March 12, 1999, Poland formally became a member of NATO.
Polish President Andrzej Duda attends ceremonies in Prague on Tuesday as his country marks 20 years since it became a member of NATO together with the Czech Republic and Hungary. Photo: PAP/Jakub Kamiński
At a ceremony in Independence, Missouri, in the United States, the then Polish Foreign Minister Bronisław Geremek presented to US State Secretary Madeleine Albright his country’s Act of Accession to the North Atlantic Treaty.
Poland, together with the Czech Republic and Hungary, became a party to the Washington Treaty and a member of NATO.
Here's a brief look at how this happened...