Joe Biden tells Polish leader: Your freedom is ours

Joe Biden, left, and Polish President Andrzej Duda (AP)

US President Joe Biden has sought to reassure Poland that the United States would defend it against any attacks by Russia and he acknowledged that the Nato ally bore the burden of the refugee crisis from the war in neighbouring Ukraine.

“Your freedom is ours,” Mr Biden told his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, echoing of one of Poland’s unofficial mottos.