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WARSAW (Reuters) - Polandās ruling party wants to see concrete plans for increasing the presence of American troops on Polish soil before national elections are held next autumn, said Pawel Soloch, head of the National Security Bureau.
The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party says increasing the number of U.S. troops in the country is essential to ward off the threat it says is posed by Russia.
Securing an American base would help PiS show it is taking action to protect Poland from perceived Russian threats ahead of national elections, analysts say. PiS may then use this as an argument to win over more voters, after its narrower than expected victory in regional elections last Sunday.
āItās clear the electoral calendar is at play. It is definitely important for us to finalize a larger American presence in the country,ā Soloch told Reuters in an interview when asked about the governmentās defense priorities ahead of the vote.
It remains unclear, however, whether plans for a proposed permanent American base in Poland dubbed āFort Trumpā by Warsaw will take the exact form pitched by President Andrzej Duda in his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in September.
Polish ruling party wants deal on more U.S. troops before 2019 election | Reuters
IDK, I heard about those Anglo-Saxon types. Wouldn't be prudent to call them to come over.
The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party says increasing the number of U.S. troops in the country is essential to ward off the threat it says is posed by Russia.
Securing an American base would help PiS show it is taking action to protect Poland from perceived Russian threats ahead of national elections, analysts say. PiS may then use this as an argument to win over more voters, after its narrower than expected victory in regional elections last Sunday.
āItās clear the electoral calendar is at play. It is definitely important for us to finalize a larger American presence in the country,ā Soloch told Reuters in an interview when asked about the governmentās defense priorities ahead of the vote.
It remains unclear, however, whether plans for a proposed permanent American base in Poland dubbed āFort Trumpā by Warsaw will take the exact form pitched by President Andrzej Duda in his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in September.
Polish ruling party wants deal on more U.S. troops before 2019 election | Reuters
IDK, I heard about those Anglo-Saxon types. Wouldn't be prudent to call them to come over.
