The Polish Parliament voted to increase military spending to 2% of GDP

The Polish Parliament voted to increase the defense budget of the Republic To 2% of GDP, starting in 2016, for updating the law on the financing of the army voted 402 to the Deputy, only two were against and two abstained.
now to military purposes from the Polish budget of Poland stands 1, 95% of GDP. Expected next year, due to the new law, the Republic will spend on an army of 800 million zlotys (228 million) more, reports the news Agency.
remember, in October 2014, Prime Minister ewa kopacz at the meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg promised to increase military spending To 2% of GDP. The Prime Minister of Poland said that Warsaw " paramount safety issues, taking into account the conflict in Ukraine ". Kopacz said that Poland will increase its military spending To 2% of GDP, " these funds are already included in the budget." This is a good example for other members of the Commonwealth. I hope that other members of NATO, too, will go on your way, " said Stoltenberg. On may 19, Deputy Prime Minister and head the Ministry of defense of Poland Tomasz Samonac expressed with the idea to hold a "weighted military containment" of Russia, pointing to the Eastern border of NATO forces of the Commonwealth. Before that Plenipotentiary representative of Russia to the organization, Alexander Grushko, said that recent statements by commissioners NATO says that the Alliance lives in his own reality, ignoring the progress made in resolving the Donbas. Moscow has stated many times that it is not involved in the events in southeastern Ukraine, is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. In the capital of Russia emphasize that all the charges against her are unproven.


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