Polish President Andrzej Duda ratified a defence agreement with the United States on Monday that cements a greater U.S. troop presence in the country and he said Warsaw's relations with Washington should not be affected by the U.S. election.
The deal was agreed between Duda and U.S. President Donald Trump over a year ago and aims to bolster the Western military presence on NATO's eastern flank in reaction to an increased assertiveness by Russia.
Duda said he believed Warsaw's relations with Washington were "entirely unrelated to current political events" in a reference to the U.S. election.
"In carrying out our tasks in the field of Polish politics and Polish-American relations, we act calmly, also by ratifying this agreement, waiting for the newly elected president of the United States to take his oath," Duda said.
Under the agreement, a 1,000 U.S. troops would be stationed in Poland on top of several thousand already there as part of a NATO deployment.
Źródło: Reuters
Źródło zdjęcia głównego: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej