Frag Out! Magazine
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A Spectacular Anniversary! The 30th Anniversary edition of the MSPO International Defense Industry Exhibition this year has been a record-breaking event. As usual, the event was supported by the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. The PGZ Group is acting as the strategic partner of the event. MSPO 2022 has gathered 613 exhibitors from 33 countries. 312 of the businesses came from Poland. The event was visited by 60 delegations hailing from 39 countries, including 8 ministerial level delegates. MSPO 2022 was visited by 19 thousand international attendees, with another 10.5 thousand attending the day open to the general public. Mariusz Błaszczak, head of the MoD, and Paweł Soloch, Head of the National Security Bureau have both visited the event. The same applies to the Polish PM, Mateusz Morawiecki. The Turkish Minister of Defence, meanwhile, was leading the Turkish delegates. Turkey has organized a national exhibition at MSPO this year. The command staff of the Polish military also participated in the event. One day before the MSPO was launched, Andrzej Duda, Polish President visited the Targi Kielce exhibition facility, awarding several of the Targi Kielce employees. President of the Management Board at Targi Kielce, Andrzej Mochoń, Ph.D., was awarded the Officer's Cross Order of the Rebirth of Poland, and Vice-President Bożena Staniak was awarded the Knight's Cross Order of the Rebirth of Poland. - The war has made us aware that peacetime is over. That fact has become an impulse for the growth of our domestic defense industry and inspired utmost care for security. We need to modernize the Armed Forces at a rapid pace. From that point of view, the growth of the MSPO event has been visionary - said Andrzej Duda - This is my fifth visit here, and I'm proud of that. www.fragoutmag.com