Defence Minister: Poland’s military will not engage in Syria
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
06.10.2015 18:35
Poland’s Defence Minister, Tomasz Siemoniak, has said that the country will not engage in an armed conflict in Syria
A handout frame grab taken from a video footage made available on the official website of the Russian Defence Ministry on 05 October 2015 shows bombs dropped by a Russian warplane during an airstrike against what Russia says was a large concentration of terrorist Islamic State (ISIS or IS) military equipment in the forest area near the city of Idli
“Maybe not everybody knows about it, but NATO will enter the operation in Syria operated by a coalition led by the United States. Poland politically supports this coalition and we do not expect to involve ourselves in this conflict,” Siemoniak said during a press conference on Tuesday.
The Minister was asked whether NATO allies will insist that Poland commits to entering the conflict in Syria, for example, by participating in air raids.
Siemoniak said that he expects the issue to be raised during a summit between NATO defence ministers on Thursday in Brussels. (rg/rk)