These were crucial talks about safety guarantees for Poland, about the presence of American soldiers in Poland, about our cooperation in the field of arms industries," said Deputy Prime Minister, Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish at a conference summarizing his visit to the United States.
On Tuesday, the MON delegation held a working visit to Washington DC. This morning Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz met with journalists in Warsaw to summarize the results meetings with Pete Hegseth, United States Secretary of Defense. – We are the closest partner of the United States in Europe. There is no second Minister of Defence in the planet who would so frequently meet with the Secretary of defence of the United States," said the head of the MON. “Poland is simply a transatlanticist that connects the United States with Europe,” he added.
– These were crucial talks about safety guarantees for Poland, about the presence of American soldiers in Poland, about our cooperation in the field of arms industries," said the head of the MON. Politicians besides discussed further military assistance for the fighting Ukraine and the improvement of conditions for a "fair and lasting peace". – We support president Trump and his administration in this regard. A fair and lasting peace is something we all dream of," Kosiniak-Kamish pointed out.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, during the discussion with Secretary Hegseth, he besides raised the subject The interview Keith Kellogg gave a fewer weeks ago. The MP of the president of the United States then said that Poland had joined a group of countries ready to send peacekeepers to Ukraine. I said twice in Washington yesterday that Polish troops would not be sent to Ukraine. The Polish military has a mission to defend the east flank of NATO. [...] The American side accepts our commitment with openness and knowing – Kosiniak-Kamish assured.
At the conference, the head of the MON besides commented on yesterday's decision of the Council of Ministers for European Affairs, which accepted the final form of the fresh EU Financial mechanics SAFE. This is intended to be a immense preferential debt strategy to aid fund EU countries' defence spending. The full budget is expected to amount to EUR 150 billion, of which Poland expects up to 20% of this sum. “This is simply a immense success of the Polish Presidency,” Kosiniak-Kamish said. The Polish negotiators managed to introduce respective crucial provisions into the programme rules. The main focus is the anticipation of a single state reporting of projects, allowing the financing of investments already started, and expanding the participation of non-EU components in SAFE-funded arms and equipment.
– We have a real chance to become the biggest beneficiary of the SAFE programme – the head of the MON said. Poland hopes that the fresh mechanics will not only aid to finance purchases for the Polish Army (the Deputy Prime Minister mentioned here, among others. BWP Badger, lightning launchers or Baobab mine-mine trucks), but will besides be an chance for the home armory to sale equipment and weapons to the European Union countries. – The list of Polish products that can be financed from the EU SAFE mechanics adopted yesterday has about 100 items. There is simply a large interest in our equipment and weapons in the Union," he added.
