Washington indicated political support for a lasting US military presence in Poland. Final deployment details depend on the Pentagon\u2019s forthcoming Europe basing strategy.<\/p>\n
According to official sources, the White House has approved the permanent presence of American troops in Poland. The final decision will depend on the new U.S. strategy for military presence in Europe, which is currently being developed by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n
Negotiations in Washington took place between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Polish representatives. After the meeting, the head of the Bureau of International Policy in the President\u2019s Office of Poland, Marcin Pshida\u010d, said that Rubio supports changing the format from rotational to permanent.<\/p>\n
There is a \u201cgreen light\u201d from the White House. I heard such a declaration also from Marco Rubio<\/p>\n
\u2013 Marcin Pshida\u010d<\/p>\n
According to Pshida\u010d, the final model of the presence of American forces in Poland will be agreed after the Pentagon completes work on the new strategy for deploying U.S. forces in Europe.<\/p>\n
The Washington decision is linked not only to U.S. strategic interests but also to Warsaw\u2019s high regard as an ally. Rubio called Poland an \u201cexemplary ally,\u201d which allocates a significant share of its GDP to defense and invests in modern weapons and defense technologies.<\/p>\n
Perspectives and Positions of the Parties<\/p>\n
The head of the Bureau of International Policy also said that the American side confirmed the intention to send about 5,000 military personnel to Poland. At the same time, this does not mean the return to Poland of the rotational armored brigade numbering about four thousand, whose rotation had been suspended.<\/p>\n
This should not be seen as a return of that brigade. It is more about a new concept of American military presence<\/p>\n
\u2013 Marcin Pshida\u010d<\/p>\n
Pshida\u010d stressed that the key is not only the numbers but also the combat capability of the units and the move toward permanent presence, which should signal to allies and potential adversaries.<\/p>\n
According to the official, the head of Poland\u2019s National Security Bureau, Bartosz Grodecki, will hold talks at the Pentagon on Thursday with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, who is responsible for shaping the new model of force deployment in Europe. Also discussed were security matters related to Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and the overall situation in Central Europe and the Middle East.<\/p>\n
According to government sources, Warsaw has repeatedly stated its readiness to host a larger number of American troops to reinforce NATO\u2019s eastern flank. Currently, about 10,000 American service members are stationed in Poland on a rotational basis.<\/p>\n
In the context of prospects for U.S.-Poland cooperation, discussions continue on strengthening the defense partnership and agreeing on the format of force deployment in the region. A decision is expected upon the completion of the Pentagon\u2019s work on the new strategy for deploying forces in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington indicated political support for a lasting US military presence in Poland. Final deployment details depend on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10346,867,101,10347,10348,10345,9,5499],"class_list":["post-15129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-poland","tag-marco-rubio-talks","tag-nato-eastern-flank","tag-news","tag-pentagon-europe-strategy","tag-permanent-us-troops","tag-permanent-us-troops-poland-deployment-pentagon-europe-strategy-nato-eastern-flank-marco-rubio-talks","tag-poland","tag-poland-deployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15129","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=15129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/poland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}