Duda wants atomic weapons in Poland
Yesterday We wrotethat in an interview with the Financial Times president Duda revealed that the proposal to deploy atomic weapons in Poland was presented to Donald Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg, who visited Warsaw in February.
The president pointed out that after the NATO expansion to the east in 1999, 26 years later, the alliance's infrastructure should besides be moved in this direction. Duda considered this to be natural, adding that it would be a beneficial minute now, and that Poland's safety would have increased if atomic weapons were in its territory. Duda besides stressed that the decision belongs to the Donald Trump administration, recalling that Russia had no opposition to the transfer of its atomic weapons to Belarus.
Vance answers.
On Friday after midnight, U.S. Vice president J.D. Vance, commenting on president Duda's appeal, said that Donald Trump "is opposed to atomic deployment in east Europe".
As he admitted:
I haven't talked to the president about this, but I'd be shocked if he supported the deployment of atomic weapons further east of Europe. We're talking about the future of human civilization.
The vice president of the United States utilized this chance to criticize erstwhile president Joe Biden, calling him “a lunatics leading the planet towards atomic conflict”.
The US Vice President, referring to talks between the U.S., Russia and Ukraine, pointed out that Donald Trump is leading hard diplomacy, engaging his full administration to realize the expectations of both Ukrainians and Russians. He besides stressed that war was pointless and would never have happened if Trump had been president, adding that its continuation was not in the interests of either party.
Coalition reaction
The Polish Prime Minister besides referred to the full situation.
I would very much like us to formulate certain expectations erstwhile we do this in public, erstwhile we are certain that specified calls or calls will find an ear.
However, Donald Tusk appreciated the President's intentions.
Minister of the Interior Tomasz Siemoniak expressed a akin position, stressing that specified proposals should be discussed in secret. On the another hand, the head of the MON, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, pointed out that decisions should be taken jointly by allies, preferably within the North Atlantic Alliance.