Poland to host new NATO command centre?
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Grzegorz Siwicki
10.11.2017 15:21
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Poland to host new NATO command centre?
Wary of a belligerent Russia, NATO defence ministers have endorsed an initiative to set up two new command centres.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a press conference at the end of the second day of NATO defence ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Photo: EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
Poland is eager to host one of them on the strength of its central geographical location and proximity to Russia.
Warsaw has also pledged to contribute to an increased NATO presence in Afghanistan.
"We are ready to provide our military capabilities. Poland is the most appropriate destination for such a command centre from a military point of view,” said Poland’s Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz.
Michał Owczarek reports.