WARSAW - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Europe to increase spending on defense during his visit to Warsaw on Friday.

Hegseth underscored strong US-Polish relations, calling Poland a strategic frontline partner on NATO's eastern flank.

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Polish Minister of National Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz praised the alliance between the two countries, adding that the two sides had reached an agreement to collaborate on joint investments and enhance defense capabilities.