– Thank you for remembering your homeland, for the white and red colours, thank you for teaching your children the Polish language, Polish history, Polish culture, Polish prayer. I thank all the teachers, all the educators, I thank our priests, our religious sisters, all those who carry Polishness and provide spiritual and patriotic support to our compatriots abroad – stated President Andrzej Duda at the Ceremony on the occasion of the Day of the Polish Diaspora and Poles Abroad and the Day of the Polish Flag.

– As President of the Republic, I thank all my compatriots around the world from the bottom of my heart for this. I thank in particular those who achieve this sometimes in very difficult circumstances, often with very modest means – he added.