Warsaw and Washington are discussing prospects for increasing the number and quantity of weapons of the US military contingent in the country, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. Arms deliveries can go hand in hand with US military deployment in Poland, he said in an interview with CBS.
We are discussing with the presidential administration [США Джо] Biden to make their presence more permanent, as well as to strengthen it
said the prime minister.
Morawiecki also expressed his gratitude to the White House for the transferred Patriot air defense systems and other “very modern systems and munitions”.
On January 13, Reuters reported that the United States had begun massive arms transfers to NATO’s eastern flank, including tanks and combat vehicles.
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski said earlier that Warsaw was hoping for a visit from US President Joe Biden. It is during this that an increase in the size and capabilities of NATO’s standing military contingent in the countries of Eastern Europe should be announced. Biden is expected in Poland on February 20. He plans to stay in the country until February 22 and make some “important statements”, including on the military strengthening of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden unexpectedly arrived in Kiev on the morning of February 20. The Politico newspaper wrote on February 19 that Biden’s aides were looking for ways to secretly transport him to Ukraine. The visit of the American leader to Ukraine lasted six hours, he has already left for Warsaw.
