Leaders will meet aboard ORP Ko\u015bciuszko to finalize a long-anticipated naval purchase. The outcome could reshape Baltic defense cooperation and regional deterrence.<\/p>\n
On Monday, June 29, the prime ministers of Poland and Sweden will hold intergovernmental consultations on an agreement to supply three submarines for the Polish Navy.<\/p>\n
The talks will take place in Gdynia, on the grounds of the Polish Navy Academy.<\/p>\n
The key outcome of the talks in Gdynia will be the signing of the Navy\u2019s long-awaited contract to supply three submarines. The agreement is the culmination of a decision by the Polish government made last year, when the leadership of the Ministry of Defence announced that the ORKA program \u2013 a project for new submarines for the Polish Navy \u2013 would involve the Swedish company Saab<\/p>\n
\u2013 press service<\/p>\n
Context of the negotiations and expectations for the deal<\/p>\n
The contract is expected to cost around 20 billion zlotys and will be signed aboard the ORP Ko\u015bciuszko frigate.<\/p>\n
The first of the three new submarines is to be delivered in 2030.<\/p>\n
By that time, Sweden will hand over the so-called \u201cgap filler\u201d \u2013 an older submarine for training future crews.<\/p>\n
Among the topics of the meeting will also be discussions on the future NATO summit, security in the Baltic Sea, and further support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n
In the consultations, besides the prime ministers of both countries, ministers of defence, foreign affairs, and infrastructure will participate.<\/p>\n
Poland\u2019s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Warsaw has received a positive signal from Washington regarding the possible establishment of a permanent U.S. military base on the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n
This move underscores Poland\u2019s growing role in the region\u2019s defense architecture and strengthens cooperation between Warsaw and Stockholm in the defence sphere.<\/p>\n
The signing of the contract is expected to strengthen defense cooperation between the two countries and enhance the security dimension in the Baltic region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leaders will meet aboard ORP Ko\u015bciuszko to finalize a long-anticipated naval purchase. The outcome could reshape Baltic defense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8349,9986,681,101,9987,9,9988,9985],"class_list":["post-14493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-baltic-security","tag-gdynia-meeting","tag-nato-summit","tag-news","tag-orka-program","tag-poland","tag-poland-sweden-submarines","tag-poland-sweden-submarines-orka-program-gdynia-meeting-baltic-security-nato-summit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}