- I will never forget that for the first time in my life, I heard about the idea of building an American missile base in Poland as part of the missile shield in 2008. I was then the youngest minister in the office of the President of the Republic, Professor Lech Kaczyński, and it was Professor Lech Kaczyński who spoke to me about this idea, which was extremely important for Poland's security – stated Andrzej Duda at a press conference.

- This is very important because this American base will be built on our land, in Poland, in its center, and from the moment this base stands here, the whole world will clearly and distinctly see that this is no longer a Russian sphere of influence, and from our point of view, from the Polish point of view, this is strategically the most important thing – he continued.