2024-04-25 06:59:57
Poland has recently shown itself open to stationing nuclear weapons in its own country. The NATO Secretary General has now put a stop to this.
According to its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, NATO has no plans to station nuclear weapons in other member countries. There are no plans to expand the current arrangement of nuclear sharing, Stoltenberg said on Tuesday during a joint appearance with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in front of British soldiers stationed in Poland.
On Monday, Polish President Andrzej Duda reiterated that his country was open to the stationing of US nuclear weapons. “If there is such a decision by our allies to station nuclear weapons on our territory as part of nuclear sharing in order to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank, we are ready to do so,” said the president in an interview with the tabloid “Fakt “. Both Duda and his security advisor had already expressed such considerations in the past. In Poland, the president is commander-in-chief of the army.
Moscow could see deployment to the East as a threat
The EU and NATO country Poland is one of the closest military allies of Ukraine, which is attacked by Russia. It also borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Russia’s ally Belarus.
The United States has stationed nuclear weapons in several European countries for many decades. There is no official information about the locations – in addition to Germany, the nuclear weapons are also said to be stored in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Turkey. The US government has not yet indicated that it is considering stationing in Eastern Europe – which Moscow would probably see as a direct provocation.