The Fort Trump subject is coming back. president Andrzej Duda: I firmly believe that there will be

President Andrzej Duda expressed satisfaction with the visit Peta Hegsetha in Poland.

– I express peculiar satisfaction, especially due to the fact that we anticipate a general to visit in the coming days Keith Kellogg, peculiar envoy of president Donald Trump on Ukraine," he said.

As he reported, talks with Head of the Pentagon afraid the improvement of Polish-American military relations. "I want to emphasize with all my power that I have no uncertainty that we have a large field to strengthen them," he pointed out.

Fort Trump in Poland? President: I believe that deeply

As he recalled, the erstwhile 4 years of presidency Donald Trump, it was a time erstwhile we “enhanced Polish security”. He pointed out that then Poland signed many safety and defence agreements.

– It was then that decisions were made to find the command of the 5th Corps in Poland, then I smiled and said it would be specified a Polish Fort Trump, but present after this conversation, I can tell you without a grin that I profoundly believe that Fort Trump truly will emergence in our country and that this period of Donald Trump's presidency will be strengthening the Polish-American alliance," he said.

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Another subject that was raised during the gathering with the U.S. Secretary of defence was the defence spending of associate States in NATO. The head of state stressed that present Poland is in the European vanguard.

– I told Mr. Secretary of defence that, as I agreed with president Donald Trump, absolutely. He can number on my full support. As regards decisions to rise defence spending within NATO, he said.

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The president pointed out that Poland is present the country that spends almost 5 percent of its GDP on defence.

– Of course, we will support Mr. Donald Trump's policy to make a decision in NATO as well. increasing this minimum threshold for defence spending said Duda.

He recalled that Joe Biden had already made specified a proposal during last year's visit to the White House. He besides reported the request for expenditure increases to another NATO leaders, but was "not caught up at the time".

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– I hope that now, especially in the current situation, seeing what is happening present in European space as regards the resurgent Russian imperialism, no 1 will uncertainty that this Defence spending growth policy needs to be implemented – he said.

As he stated, this case may come back during the NATO summit in The Hague.

– present we are talking about this in the NATO office in Brussels. (...) I have no uncertainty that this will effectively contribute to the actual reconstruction of the safety region in Europe," he stressed.

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