Poland Presidential Inauguration: Duda pledges to bolster NATO presence as head of state

More NATO security guarantees and more alliance troops on Polish soil. Two pledges made by Andrzej Duda, who was sworn in as Poland’s new president on Thursday.

Kremlin-critic and opposition-backed Duda becomes the country’s sixth head of state since the fall of communism in 1989. Following Russia’s military invasion in Ukraine’s two easternmost regions, the 43-year-old remained firm in his support for securing regional security, much like his predecessor Bronislaw Komorowski.