WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, was in Poland on March 18^th and 19^th as part of an Intelligence Committee delegation visit focused on national security.

In Warsaw on Friday, Senator King met with officials at the U.S. Embassy and participated in discussions with Polish national security officials at the Ministry of Defense where they discussed Poland’s important role in regional cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe.

In Krakow on Saturday, Senator King met with Polish President Andrzej Duda and discussed the strong security relationship shared by the two countries as members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Through the visit, Senator King and the delegation are seeking to further strengthen the relationship, particularly as the region moves to confront terrorism, a migration crisis, and continued unrest in Ukraine.

Senator King and members of the delegation also visited Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, the former German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp, where they laid a wreath in memory of the more than 1.1 million men, women and children who lost their lives there.

The delegation trip remains ongoing, and further information will be released when possible.

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