MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Deployment of NATO troops in Poland gives tangible guarantees of the country's security, Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Friday.
According to Waszczykowski, NATO collective defense does not work automatically as ways of response to aggression against a bloc's member state vary.
"That is why Poland is seeking deployment of NATO as well as US troops on its territory," Waszczykowski said, as quoted by PAP, adding that military presence was the only tangible guarantee of security.
He also expressed confidence that NATO would fulfill its collective defense obligations to Poland by deterring any challenge to national security.
A NATO summit was held on July 8-9 in Poland's capital and focused on relations with Russia. During the summit, the Alliance decided to strengthen its military presence in Eastern Europe on a rotational basis with four battalions in Poland and in the Baltic nations.
