Poland ready to host NATO nuclear weapons
Polish president says his country is "ready" to host nuclear weapons should NATO decide to beef up its eastern flank, after Russia sent new weapons to Kaliningrad and Belarus
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"If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons on our territory, within the framework of nuclear sharing, with the aim of strengthening the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready for it", Andrzej Duda said in an interview published today by the Polish newspaper Fakt.
Duda is in Canada today, after visiting the United States, where he met with former US President Donald Trump and visited the UN.
The Polish head of state added to the Fakt daily that a possible deployment of nuclear weapons to Poland has been the subject of discussions between Poland and the United States "for some time".
"I have already raised this issue many times", said the Polish President.
According to Duda, "Russia is increasingly militarizing the Kaliningrad enclave. It is in the process of transferring its nuclear weapons to Belarus", two territories that border Poland.
In June 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had transferred the first nuclear weapons to Belarus.
At the 2023 Vilnius summit, NATO members reaffirmed that the Atlantic Alliance would do "whatever is necessary to ensure the credibility, effectiveness, safety and security of its nuclear deterrence mission, including continuing to modernise its nuclear capabilities and updating its planning process".
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