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British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and his Polish counterpart Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz visit NATO troops stationed in the northeastern Polish town of Orzysz. IMAGES
British secretary of state for defence, Ben Wallace, is welcomed in Bemowo Piskie by Polish counterpart, Mariusz Błaszczak , with military parade and the playing of national anthems. This comes as the crisis on the Polish Belarusian border persists, with Polish authorities claiming they have just detained 100 migrants attempting to cross over into Polish territory. IMAGES
The UK Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, announces at a joint presser with Polish counterpart that the UK will send a "bilateral deployment" of "350 British troops to Poland" in order to send a "strong signal that Britain and Poland stand side by side". SOUNDBITE
"We celebrated the start of our 38th annual exercise Balikatan. More than 17,000 troops are participating this year. It is the largest and most complex iteration in the exercise's history," US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin tells a press conference, alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo, and Defense Chief Carlito Galvez. The two countries launched their largest-ever joint military exercises, as the longstanding allies seek to counter growing Chinese assertiveness in the region. SOUNDBITE
Images showing Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at the inauguration ceremony of the first permanent US military garrison in Poznan. IMAGES
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