Poland Refuses US Request to Deploy Patriot Batteries to Mideast

(MENAFN) Poland has announced that it will not send any of its Patriot air-defense batteries to the Middle East, following reports that the United States had informally asked Warsaw to consider such a deployment, according to reports.

Polish daily Rzeczpospolita reported that Washington had unofficially inquired about deploying one of Poland’s two Patriot batteries amid the ongoing conflict with Iran and rising missile attacks targeting U.S. forces and allies in the region.

Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz quickly dismissed the idea, stating on X that Poland’s Patriot systems “serve to protect Polish skies and NATO’s eastern flank.” He added, “Nothing is changing in this regard, and we are not planning to relocate them anywhere. Our allies understand perfectly well how important the tasks we have here are. Poland’s security is an absolute priority.”

The Defense Ministry also rejected claims that the U.S. had applied pressure. Ministry spokesperson Janusz Sejmej told Rzeczpospolita, “The Americans are not pressuring us in any way on these matters.” Poland’s chief of the general staff, Wieslaw Kukula, similarly wrote on X that “no one is asking for it,” according to reports.

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