President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with the diary that If it is the decision of our allies to deploy atomic weapons within the framework of atomic sharing, besides within our territory, to strengthen the safety of the NATO east flank, we are ready to do so..
The Kremlin reacted rapidly to this idea. The Russian side did not like this thought very much, as the statements of the politicians there are falling from threats to Poland.
Actions in this direction will not supply Poland with greater safety and [nuclear] facilities will be at the forefront of [list] priorities in planning our army – He threatened Russian Deputy abroad Minister Sergei Riabkov, as quoted by the Russian TASS agency.
NATO's joint atomic missions are purely destabilising– He assessed. As he added, Moscow closely watches how various authorities of the Polish executive authority consider this issue in national discourse.
France and Germany respond
President Duda stressed that as an ally in NATO Poland is implementing a common policy and bears the appropriate obligations. According to the head of the French Defence Ministry, the deployment of atomic weapons in Poland would require discussion between allies as it would undermine the Russian-NATO Act. At the same time, Minister Lecornu stressed that the Russian Federation was violating this act by deploying atomic weapons in Belarus. He presented his position on the substance in an interview with “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”.
German defence minister Boris Pistorius stated that there is no point in speculating about the placement of atomic weapons in fresh locations. He pointed out that Europe exists NATO atomic umbrellawhich effectively ensures deterrence.
What is atomic sharing?
Nuclear sharing is simply a NATO programme that is part of the Alliance's atomic deterrence policy. The programme allows associate States that do not have their own atomic weapons to usage American atomic warheads. Since November 2009, American atomic weapons have been deployed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey as part of this programme.
Nuclear weapons in Poland? "It is amazing that president Duda is coming out with an global initiative one more time without de facto talking to the government," said the Deputy Minister of National Defence @CTomczyk (KO) in conversation with @KonradPiasecki.
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— Piasecki’s Conversation (@tvn24talk) April 23, 2024
