Poland’s declaration of readiness to deploy nuclear weapons on its soil

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing the weekly “Spiegel”, Poland for The deployment of nuclear weapons has announced its readiness to act as a deterrent against Russia and has confirmed this issue. “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons on our soil as part of a nuclear partnership to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with “Fact” newspaper published on Monday. , we are ready to do this.

Poland, as a NATO member, is one of the most important supporters of Ukraine and borders Russia’s Kaliningrad and Russia’s ally Belarus.

Duda, who is currently He is in Canada, during his visit to the United States last week, he discussed the war in Ukraine with former US President Donald Trump. He also met and talked with US President Joe Biden in March.

Duda said in another part of his speech, the issue of the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in Poland has been discussed for some time between Poland and the United States. He added: “I have already addressed this issue several times.”

Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the former deputy prime minister of Poland, had made a positive comment about the deployment of American nuclear weapons in his country shortly after the start of the war in Ukraine. He said: “If the Americans ask us to.” To store American nuclear weapons in Poland, we will be ready for that. This will significantly increase deterrence against Moscow.

Duda also claimed: Russia is increasingly militarizing the Kaliningrad region. He also mentioned the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which Moscow will transfer there in the summer of 2023.

At the NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023, the members of the alliance pledged to take all necessary measures. To ensure the credibility and effectiveness of their nuclear deterrence mission. According to Duda, this also includes “further modernizing the core capabilities and updating its programming process.”