During the NATO summit in The Hague, Poland will support the thought that all associate states of the Alliance will increase defence spending to 5% of GDP, announced present by Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The two-day summit will begin on Tuesday. The agenda besides includes discussions on global safety and situation.
Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz presented plans for a Polish delegation to participate in the NATO summit in The Hague. 1 of the most crucial challenges for the participants of the gathering will be to find the level of defence spending that countries belonging to the North Atlantic Alliance should bear. At present, the rule of allocating a minimum of 2%, but not all allies fulfil this commitment. “Poland is in favour of raising the spending and commitments of associate States in the Alliance to 5 percent,” Kosiniak-Kamish stressed during the interview with journalists. – We are a country that very powerfully supports the initiative (up to 5% of GDP – red) of the Secretary-General and the United States. This is besides our initiative – said the Deputy Prime Minister. He recalled that Poland not only encourages another countries to engage more in safety investments, but besides “gives best exampleIt’s okay. ” That's what he said. to the defence budget adopted by the government and approved by Parliament at 4.7% of GDP.
Polish example for others
The next NATO summit will besides discuss the thought of dividing the 5% of GDP. The task assumes that 3.5% is to be devoted exclusively to armaments, i.e. equipment purchases, modernization and transformation of the army, while 1.5% should be reserved for infrastructure and cybersecurity expenses. According to Kosiniak-Kamish, specified a division will make it easier for many countries to agree to increase their arms spending. "There is simply a discussion on the time erstwhile associate States are to accomplish this division," he acknowledged. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, 2030 would be optimal to accomplish this indicator in all the Alliance countries.
The head of the MON commented on the Sunday agreement between NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on the simplification of arms spending. According to Kosiniak-Kamish, specified favoritism of 1 of the associate States can origin discontent to another allies and consequently weaken NATO unity.
– I am not in favour of making exceptions for Spain," explained Kosiniak-Kamish. "Of course, the price of Alliance unity is always high, we are open to discussion, but I think that making any exceptions, especially in specified a delicate situation, is dangerous," he said. As an argument, he gave April power outages that paralyzed the Iberian Peninsula. The Russians are everywhere. Attacks in cyberspace, attempts to sabotage, diversion, terrorist attacks, but besides blackouts, which I do not know if we have met to the end. (...) The presence of our enemies, the presence of those who harm the Alliance is common in all domains and in all areas, so Spain should be more delicate to what is happening to them – he convinced politicians.
The head of the MON reported that the NATO study published before the Hague Summit confirmed that Poland stands out “in terms of the army, its size, operational capacity and transformation”. “This paper showed that Poland is constantly developing and upgrading its army,” said Kosiniak-Kamish. Among the changes that took place in the WP, he pointed out, among others, the implementation of the latest technologies, specified as artificial intelligence or the droneization of the army (including the creation of peculiar drone troops).
Participants in the gathering in the Netherlands will besides discuss strengthening the Alliance's defence against threats to transatlantic security, primarily from Russia. It will surely besides discuss "the situation between Israel and Iran". Kosiniak-Kamysz assured that, in view of the tense situation in the mediate East, all Polish services are “focused on monitoring and analysing the situation and on cooperating with our allies”. Previously, the Minister of Defence informed that a fewer days' evacuation operation from Israel had ended. ‘Congratulations to our pilots, thank you for supporting our PKW troops stationed in Jordan. No 1 will be left without aid even on specified a dramatic day as today" – said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on platform X.
Policy negotiations
A gathering of the Committee of Ministers for National safety is besides scheduled for tomorrow. They will be joined by ministers liable for security, global affairs, as well as heads of service, head of the National safety Bureau and the most crucial military commanders.
On Monday, the Deputy Prime Minister was to attend the Norwegian Minister of National Defence – Tore Sandvik, who on his way back from Kiev was to meet with Polish politician. However, the massive fire of the Ukrainian capital forced Minister Sandvik to return to the country. – Night events, especially subsequent raids on Kiev, led to specified a situation that the Minister of Defence of Norway could not arrive in Warsaw," explained Kosiniak-Kamysz. He added that he was planning to meet his Norwegian counterpart in The Hague.
