NATO east flank leaders meeting

The head of the Polish MON stressed that strengthening bilateral cooperation is very important, as Turkey has the second largest NATO army present and Poland has the 3rd largest NATO army. "If we combined our operational capabilities, they would be larger than the armies of most European NATO members, possibly outside the United States," he said.

Chance for Polish industry

Together with the delegation of the Ministry of Defence, representatives of Polish manufacture besides came to Ankara. Among another things, cooperation in developing the capabilities of unmanned TB2 aircraft and their weapons was discussed. Kosiniak-Kamysz said that he besides believed that the gathering "will bring effect in the form of Turkey's acquisition of our military equipment". As he said, Poland produces very good weapons, so it should be offered to allies. These include passive location radars, Lightning, Badgers, drone or drone systems. “San, which will shortly be an integrated anti-drone defense, will become an export product,” he said. – Polish manufacture must emergence to the challenge and respond not only to the needs of the Polish army, but besides to our allies. It is impossible to build an arms company based solely on its own state and its own capabilities," he noted.

More talks soon

During the talks, it was besides agreed that another gathering would be held in Warsaw, not only representatives of Poland and Turkey, but besides Romania. "This is the architecture of the east and confederate NATO flanks we want to build," said the minister. The trilateral talks announced are to be 1 of the stages of preparations for the NATO summit, which will take place in Ankara in July 2026.

The Minister besides thanked his counterpart for his commitment to achieving fair peace on the Russia-Ukraine line. "We appreciate the actions of the United States in this regard, but Turkey has retained an information channel with the Russian Federation, while standing on the side of Ukraine," he stressed. He added that Turkey's unlocking trade routes in the Black Sea was very crucial for the transfer of Ukrainian grain, so that these transports are not carried out by Poland, which is highly crucial from the position of Polish farmers and consumers.

Kosiniak-Kamish assured that he intended to support an ally in accessing European defence programmes. “I think that SAFE 2, which is already under discussion, should be available to our partners. European manufacture will not be able to carry out the procurement in the shortest time we gotta increase our capacity. We request to open up to our partners," he said. He added that the next European Union budget should include not only loans but besides grants. He besides assured his support for returning to talks about Turkey's accession to the European Union. “It is in Poland’s interest,” he said.