Pres. Trump Reaffirms US Support To Poland

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (KUNA) -- US President Donald J. Trump stated readiness to deploy more military forces to Poland and strengthen the security alliance with the European country.
Speaking to reporters alongside visiting Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the White House on Wednesday, he said, "We never even thought in terms of removing soldiers from Poland. We do think about it with regard to other countries, but we would never know.
"We're with Poland all the way and we will help Poland protect itself."
"If anything, we have -- we'll put more there if they want, but they've long wanted to have a larger presence.
"We have some countries that have more, not too many. But no, they'll be staying in Poland. We're very much aligned with Poland," President Trump affirmed.
Asked about the US relationship with Poland, he said, "I think there's a great trust and a great -- more than, you know, more than most countries, more than almost any countries.
"We have some in a category that's very special, and Poland is in that category. We have a very special relationship. It's like the question about the soldiers that was asked."
"Just about that, you know, Poland was one of two nations that paid more than they were supposed to with NATO.
"I don't know if anyone knows that, but there were two nations and Poland paid more than they were supposed to.
"They thought it was low. And by the way, since then at my request, they've raised it from two percent to five percent," he explained.
On his part, Nawrocki said this is this is the first time in Polish history in 20th century and the 21st century that the Poles are happy that we have foreign soldiers in Poland.
"So the American soldiers are the part of our society nowadays. We have almost 10,000 soldiers and this is the signal to all world and also to the Russian Federation that we are together," the Polish leader pointed out.
"But we are not like the Poland free riders in Europe and in NATO. Mr. President Trump knows it because our GDP for military service achieved 4.7.
"So we are probably the one NATO nation which is on this level. And we will not stop. Me as the President of Poland, we are going to achieve five percent of GDP for military service, but with American soldiers on Polish soil, we solidified and we are secure," Nawrocki added. (end)
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