Pentagon Spokesman Lt. Col. Charlie Dietz provided the following readout:
Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Dr. Celeste Wallander co-chaired the U.S.-Poland High Level Defense Group (HLDG) with Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Defense Mr. Paweł Zalewski in the Pentagon in Washington, DC.
Participants discussed bilateral defense priorities, including the continued defense modernization of Poland, recent Foreign Military Sales and co-production initiatives and other avenues of Defense Industrial Base cooperation, logistical support for defense procurements, U.S. and Polish force posture, advancing NATO deterrence and defense, and the European security environment and threat posed by Russia.
Both ASD Wallander and Secretary of State Zalewski reaffirmed their nations' unwavering commitment to the Ukrainian people, and to delivering the support needed to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's brutal war.