Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz rejected the allegations following reports that the United States asked Poland to deploy Patriot air defense systems to the Middle East. According to the news of Poland’s Rzeczpospolita newspaper, the USA has unofficially brought forward the idea of sending a Patriot battery from Poland to the Middle East within the scope of increasing missile tension with Iran.
Polish Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Janusz Sejmej, in his statement to Rzeczpospolita, stated that the USA did not put any pressure on this issue. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Kosiniak-Kamysz made a statement on the social media platform of US-based company X, after the news was published. In his post, Kosiniak-Kamysz stated that Poland’s security is an absolute priority and said, “Our Patriot batteries serve to protect Polish airspace and NATO’s eastern flank.
There is no change in this regard and we do not plan to deploy them anywhere else. Our allies know and understand very well what important duties we undertake here.” he said. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that they would not send troops to Iran.
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