“US Army soldiers stay in Poland. We have been talking about it for many months. Relocation from Poland to Poland is good news, because this matter was not a foregone conclusion. For a long time we have fought for the mission in Jasionka to become a NATO mission and so it would happen after the summit in Washington in July 2024. This is an action planned at the NATO level for many months ” – emphasized Tomczyk in an interview with journalists.
The deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense emphasized that the matter of who would take responsibility for the mission in Jasionka has been agreed for many months.
“We should be pleased with it, because it's really a step higher. The Nators' mission causes that there will be both Americans, Polish, Norwegians, Germany, British and other nations that take responsibility for donation issues for Ukraine” – he noted.
Tomczyk pointed out that a week ago Deputy Prime Minister, defense minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz was in Jasionka at the official ceremony, during which Americans and Poles transferred responsibility for the surgery of strengthening Ukraine, to NATO.
The deputy minister asked if the Americans' decision about the relocation of their troops was influenced by the issues of savings, he said that this is quite obvious.
“The American side is thinking about how to reduce costs. As for the contract between the Polish and American sides, it is very beneficial for both sides, both for Poland and the United States. Poland participates in the costs of the presence of American troops in Poland, and not in all countries it is so” – said the deputy minister.
Tomczyk said that, for example, Germany has a different position in this matter for many years, which is why Donald Trump was still considering changing the presence of American troops in this country, and finally the decision was made that there would be fewer of them.
The deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense noted that “Everyone is counting on costs today, but the United States has clearly communicated in the last few dozen hours that they want to increase defense budget“.
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“The United States has global interests and in no way they want to deprive themselves of presenting these interests,” he added.
Tomczyk also emphasized that in Poland we have a permanent presence of American troops, in their base in Redzikowo, which defends the United States and Europe against ballistic threat.
