Poland signs cruise missile production deal with US
Kosiniak-Kamysz made the announcement Monday at an event in Bydgoszcz, Poland, where he was signing an agreement for Poland to manufacture cruise missiles for the United States. He said the deputy U.S. ambassador and a U.S. military diplomat to Poland have confirmed the resumed rotation.
“The rotational presence of American troops in Poland, which was suspended a few weeks ago, is being resumed,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said, according to a transcript of his remarks. “It will continue, and in the coming weeks this process will be fully implemented.”
The Pentagon had suspended a planned rotation of about 4,000 troops from an Army armored brigade to Poland in November, a decision that drew criticism from lawmakers in both parties. After the suspension, Trump told lawmakers he would send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, but that pledge went unfulfilled.
“Republicans and Democrats criticized the suspension,” the UPI report said.
“The president’s directed it, but he’s not done it, so I’d like to see him act on that,” Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said last month.
Some House Republicans said they would vote against the administration’s request for $88 billion in additional funding for the war with Iran unless Trump followed through on the troop commitment.
Marcin Przydacz, foreign policy adviser to Polish President Karol Nawrocki, said last week that he believes the 5,000 troops Trump pledged to send would replace troops already stationed in Poland, not add to the overall headcount. It remains unclear how the new rotation will operate.
There are approximately 10,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Poland.