Poland says it is ready to host NATO nuclear weapons

Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview that his country is “ready to accept nuclear weapons” from allied countries on its territory.

In statements collected by the Polish newspaper «Fakt», Duda assured that «Russia is increasingly militarizing Kaliningrad“the Russian exclave that shares borders with Poland and Lithuania, and which Moscow also”has been transferring nuclear weapons to Belarus«.

Therefore, he said, “if our allies decide to deploy nuclear missiles on our territory (…) we are prepared.”

«We are part of the North Atlantic Alliance and therefore have obligations in this regard, which means that we simply apply a policy of common interests.“Duda said.

The Kremlin warned in response to these statements that Russia will take “necessary” measures to “ensure its security” if Poland were to host nuclear weapons.The military will analyze the situation and in any case will take the necessary measures in response to guarantee our security.“Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during his regular press conference.

The Polish president said that A possible deployment of nuclear weapons has been the subject of discussions with the United States “for some time”.

In May 2023, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that his country had already begun receiving part of Russia’s nuclear arsenal on its territory, following the Kremlin’s announcement that it would send tactical nuclear missiles to Belarusian territory.

Already in 2022, Duda said that “Poland’s big problem is that it doesn’t have nuclear weapons» and that, since «There is no chance that we will get our hands on them in the near future.it would be advisable to participate in NATO’s Nuclear Sharing programme, a formula under which one NATO member transfers nuclear weapons to the territory of another.