Poland is going to increase the intensity of military exercises by 30% in 2015, as well as among them, with the participation of the military of other countries, as Well as to teach at least 12 thousand Reservists, said Vice-Premier of the Republic, head of the Ministry of defense Tomas Samonac.
Military security is a priority for the government ", - quotes the message of the Minister of information Agency. For reviews of the Polish Minister, " it is Clear that there are fewer prospects for a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian fall ". Whereas the use of heavy weapons in the area in the early winter of last year, the Polish government adopted a plan to strengthen the country's security, he said, Simonak. According to him, in the framework of this plan, " the intensity of the exercises will be increased by 30% comparing with last year." There is Also growth in defence spending to 2% of GDP from 2016, " he added. Also Samonac said about plans to teach In the current year, Not less than 12 thousand Reservists. In the following years this number is expected to increase to 38 thousand Polish Minister pointed to the importance of cooperation of the Republic with NATO, strengthening rapid reaction Forces and the implementation of decisions of the last Commonwealth summit in Newport." More importantly continuous rotational presence of NATO Forces on the territory of Poland. We expect that in 2015 the exercise will involve about 10 thousand Soldiers from the US, UK, France, Canada and Germany, " he said." The new quality of this presence will be the development and deployment in Poland and parts of other countries, the integration of groups of NATO. We expect that in Poland this group will be placed in Bydgoszcz, " added Samonac. As planned, to lead these groups will be the case "northeast" in the North-West of the Republic." We are completing the process of making decisions about placement in Poland warehouses of military equipment of the American army ", - noted the Minister. Remember, January 13, NATO announced the intention to increase the number of military exercises in the Baltic region. on November 26, it was announced that North America within the teachings of the "Atlantic determination" in 2015, have plans to increase the number of tanks and armored personnel carriers in the EU from NATO Forces. on October 29, at a meeting with Minister of defense of Germany Ursula von der Leyen the head of the Ministry of defence of Poland Tomasz Samonac called for strengthening military cooperation between Germany and Poland, and equally once again called for the reinforcement of the presence of the CIS in Eastern Europe. In September in Wales hosted the NATO summit, in which NATO leaders agreed on the creation of rapid reaction Forces to counter the "Russian threat" and on the General strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe.


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