The Polish Ministry of defence: permanent Polish NATO military bases will not be
In Poland will Not become permanent military bases of NATO, said in an interview with the speaker of the Polish national newspaper " the Commonwealth " Minister of national defense of Poland Tomasz Samonac. " I don't think in documents (forthcoming) the NATO summit will have the phrase " continuous military presence, " said the head of the Polish Ministry of defence, reports RIA " Novosti ". Decline in Ukraine, the Polish government has stated many times on the need for deployment on its territory North Atlantic bases of the Commonwealth, in the 1st turn, U.S. military bases. According to Semenyaka, at the September summit in the UK, it may be made a conclusion about the beginning of the cycle exercises with the participation of troops of the countries members of the Commonwealth on the area of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as well as the conclusion of development in these countries infrastructure NATO." We are satisfied with this concept, we do Not make a fetish of the word " permanent ". Better, when the soldiers of the allies that come to us, participate in Joint exercises With our soldiers, and Not sit in the barracks. Since the spring We have a constant rotation of about 300-400 soldiers of the USA and Canada. In the autumn we will take 400 British soldiers in three rotations. We invite our allies on teaching in Poland " - said the head of the Polish defense Ministry. First NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that the Alliance will continue to expand to the East and strengthen its presence in the member States of the Commonwealth in Eastern Europe. Decline in Ukraine the head of the Ministry of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu had previously announced an " unprecedented " increase in the activity of the military might of the USA and NATO in Eastern Europe the Russian borders.