The United States has confirmed that it will resume within weeks a rotation of its troops in Poland after temporarily suspending the process, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Monday.The US is currently reviewing the number of its troops stationed in Europe, arguing that European countries should bear more responsibility and pay more for their own defense.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Washington announced in May that it was suspending the rotation of US troops to NATO ally Poland. A few days later, however, President Donald Trumpsaid the US would be sending 5,000 extra soldiers to the country, which shares borders with Ukraine and also with Russia’s close ally Belarus.“Poland is a loyal (US) ally, so I was even more pleased to hear that the rotation, which was suspended a few weeks ago, is returning and will be completed in the coming weeks,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said during a ceremony at a missile factory.The Polish government had earlier signaled it was working on getting the soldiers back, but the timeline was unclear. Kosiniak-Kamysz was speaking after the signing of an agreement for a Polish factory to produce US-designed Barracuda cruise missiles for the Polish armed forces.Speaking at the same event, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on all sides of Poland’s political spectrum to remain united in support of Ukraine’s war effort.His appeal came amid worsening relations between Warsaw and Kyiv due to a dispute over the naming of an army unit after Ukrainian nationalist insurgents who massacred Poles during World War Two.Read more: Poland says US troop deployment delayed, not canceled
US troop rotation in Poland to resume within weeks, defense minister says
The United States has confirmed that it will resume within weeks a rotation of its troops in Poland after temporarily suspending the process, Polish










