As reported by the Ministry of Defense, the Polish Minister of National Defense and the American Undersecretary of State for Armaments and International Security of the USA will meet on Friday at 9.00 in the Department of Military Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of National Defense in Warsaw. The ceremony will also participate, among others Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defense Paweł Zalewski. After signing the contract, statements for the media are planned, then bilateral talks will take place.
The credit guarantee from the United States will be granted as part of the Foreign Military Financing program and will be – as the Ministry of National Defense was transferred – $ 4 billion. The funds will be allocated to the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces.
As he informed last year defense department, The funds will serve, among others for partial repayment of contracts signed from the USA for military equipment – including the most expensive dollars, such as Purchase of 96 AH-64E Apache assault helicopters or obtained As part of the second phase of the Wisła program 6 batteries of Patriot air defense systems.
The US Department of State announced a credit guarantee in December last year. “Poland is the foundation stone of the NATO eastern flank and the key strategic partner of the United States. From 2023, Poland began an unprecedented army modernization program, significantly strengthening its defense capabilities,” said the spokesman of the Ministry Matthew Miller.
Foreign Military Financing is a state of the State Department assuming granting to allies and US partners loans and grants for the purchase of American military equipment. In April this year. As part of the Aid Package for Ukraine, Congress increased funds available under FMF for NATO allies to $ 6.7 billion.
