Poland’s President Calls On US To Deploy Nuclear Weapons as Shield Against Russian Threat- wna24
Warsaw: Polish President Andrzej Duda has once again called on the United State’s Donald Trump to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland which would act as a shield against Russian threat. This highlights growing concerns in the frontline NATO nation amid rising fears of Russian aggression.
Pushing for nuclear deployment, Duda said, “The borders of NATO moved east in 1999, so 26 years later, there should also be a shift of the NATO infrastructure east. For me, this is obvious,”
He said, “Russia did not even hesitate when they were relocating their nuclear weapons into Belarus,” and “They didn’t ask anyone’s permission.” he added.
Duda said that he recently discussed the idea with Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, adding he said that hge hopes to revive a nuclear-sharing proposal that was previously presented to Joe Biden’s administration in 2022, but was unsuccessful.
President Duda reiterated his appeal to the Biden administration in a Thursday interview with the Financial Times, echoing a similar request made in 2022.
The proposal comes as Western leaders and intelligence agencies increasingly warn of the potential for a large-scale war in Europe within the next five years.
Duda’s international affairs adviser, Wojciech Kolarski, followed-up on his appeal in a Thursday morning interview on Poland’s RMF FM radio.
He argued that nuclear protection would enhance Poland’s security as a NATO member on the alliance’s eastern flank, bordering Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
A week ago, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, a political opponent of Duda, said that Poland is in talks with France regarding President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to use France’s nuclear deterrent to protect the continent from Russian threats. Moscow has called that idea “extremely confrontational.”
Tusk made his comment to parliament after Macron announced he had decided to open a “strategic debate” on using France’s nuclear deterrent to safeguard European allies, citing concerns over potential US disengagement. The French president described Moscow as a “threat to France and Europe” in a televised address to the nation.