US troops in Poland remain

polska-zbrojna.pl 3 weeks ago

We have not received any information about the simplification of the US contingent in Poland," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, referring to plans to reduce the number of US troops stationed in Romania. “Poland and the United States are iron allies,” said the head of the MON.

US Army soldiers and Romanians in training. Illustration picture

The United States has informed Romania and another NATO countries that they have decided to reduce the number of US troops in Europe – present the Ministry of Defence in Bucharest has announced. The number of US troops stationed in Mihail Kogalnicean Air Base close Constance On the Black Sea. About a 1000 U.S. soldiers are expected to stay in Romania (now there are over 1.5 1000 of them).

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What about troops stationed in Poland? Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz explained that our country had not received any information about plans to reduce the US quota. He besides stressed that he was repeatedly assured – like president Karol Nawrocki – that American soldiers would stay with us. It was erstwhile War Secretary Pete Hegseth made his first authoritative visit to Poland. Later, at the next meetings at the Pentagon, I heard the same thing. Then came the visit of president Nawrocki and the meetings with president Trump," recalled the head of the MON, pointing out that there were even words about a possible increase in the number of American soldiers. Kosiniak-Kamish added that besides during NATO National Defence Ministers Summit, which took place 2 weeks ago in Brussels, met with Hegseth and heard the same assurances again. – We did not receive any information, just as another countries — as Romania received present — about the simplification of the quota in Poland. (...) Poland and the United States are iron allies," said Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish.
About 10,000 American soldiers are stationed in Poland.

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