Poland sends troops to Turkey to give a enhance to NATO mission
April 20 (UPI) — Poland sent troops to Turkey Tuesday to give a enhance to NATO pursuits within the location, in step with bulletins from the alliance and the Polish government.
Per NATO’s press birth, the deployment will involve up to 80 squaddies, who will habits maritime patrols over the jap Mediterranean and the Sad Sea with a Polish M28 “Bryza” airplane alongside NATO’s naval teams within the location.
“Polish squaddies are original the place allied team spirit requires it,” wrote Polish protection minister Mariusz Błaszczak in a assertion launched Tuesday.
“They compose duties of numerous nature, making certain stability and security, apart from as transferring their records and talents. Joining the NATO mission in Turkey is one other expression of the fact that Poland treats its alliances severely and works for security on a global scale,” Błaszczak said.
In 2015, NATO allies agreed on a place of tailored assurance measures for Turkey to lend a hand the nation respond to a “volatile security atmosphere,” in step with NATO.
Those measures embody increased presence of Airborne Warning And Management System airplane within the location and increased maritime activities within the jap Mediterranean, apart from as intelligence and surveillance activities and records sharing.
In October 2020, NATO Secretary-Celebrated Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed that the alliance would give a enhance to Turkey’s security pursuits, which embody counterterrorism and a simmering battle between the damaged-down Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan, apart from mineral rights within the Mediterranean.
NATO in December announced Turkey would lead its 6,400-troop Very Excessive Readiness Joint Process Power in 2021, taking up accountability from Poland on the starting of the year.
“Poland’s deployment in give a enhance to of Turkey demonstrates NATO team spirit in action. These maritime patrols might possibly lend a hand to amplify the Alliance’s situational consciousness within the location, and make stronger our shared security,” NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu said.