Image copyright Reuters Ministry of Defense of Poland said that Warsaw did not act with the requests, and not exercising any action to deploy on its territory nuclear weapons of NATO.
The reason for this statement was the interview with Deputy Defense one of the local media in which he said that his ministry was considering recourse to NATO with a request to place on the territory of the country of nuclear weapons.
As the Deputy Minister Defense Tomasz Shatkovsky on whose statement draws attention to Sunday’s British newspaper Guardian, the Ministry of Defense of Poland discussed whether to refer to NATO with a request to participate in the program of nuclear deterrence to enhance defense capabilities in Poland.
The Polish media noted that Comment Shatkovsky was the first statement the official person of the desire of Poland to participate in the program.
According Shatkovsky for accession to the NATO nuclear sharing necessary political consensus in Poland.
Such a request to the North Atlantic Alliance can cause negative reaction of Moscow, has repeatedly warned about the inadmissibility of arms build-up of NATO near the Russian border.
“No work is not conducted”
Commenting on the words of Deputy Minister , Poland’s Defense Ministry stated that “no work on connecting the country to the NATO Nuclear Sharing is not conducted”.
This is reported in the statement of the press secretary of the Polish military establishment Bartholomew Misevich. According to him, interview Shatkovsky should be considered in the overall context of the comments about the lack of nuclear deterrence on the eastern borders of NATO.
“Poland is a party to the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the government has no plans to produce such weapons. Possible solution concerning any form of participation of Poland, of course, should be the subject of coordination at a political level – both at home and with allies, “- said the press service of the Defense Ministry of the country.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, including during a visit to Poland, has repeatedly stressed NATO’s desire for a constructive dialogue with Russia.
Among the 28 NATO member countries have nuclear weapons the United States, France and Britain. But the US can place its nuclear weapons to other alliance partners.
Within the framework of nuclear deterrence such weapons deployed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
Helicopters and” Patriots “
Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister also said that the new Polish government is reviewing two defense tender announced by the previous administration.
This may delay the implementation of a large-scale program the modernization of the Polish armed forces, which began in 2013 and accelerated after the events in the east of Ukraine.
The cost of this program is estimated at 130 billion zloty (33 billion US dollars).
In April Poland took a preliminary decision to purchase helicopters of Airbus, as well as anti-aircraft missile complexes “Patriot” US company Raytheon. These two tenders are estimated at $ 8 billion.
The conservative party “Law and Justice”, won the election in October, stated the need to revise these tenders.
The party advocated that to give more orders to local producers.
In August, the country’s new president, Andrzej Duda when he took office promised to strengthen the presence of NATO forces in the country as a response to the growing threat from Russia.
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