Poland is ready to host NATO nuclear weapons, if the Alliance decides to further strengthen its eastern flank in the face of Russia's deployment of weapons in nearby Kaliningrad and Belarus. President Andrzej Duda stated this in an interview with a local newspaper 'Fakt', explaining that “if our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons within the framework of nuclear sharing on our territory to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready to do it.”
Poland, a NATO member and staunch supporter of Ukraine, borders both the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Belarus, Moscow's ally. Duda spoke to Polish media after a visit to New York, where he held meetings at the UN and discussed the war in Ukraine with former US President Donald Trump. In March he visited Washington, where he met US President Joe Biden.
Discussions on nuclear cooperation between Poland and the United States have been ongoing “for some time,” he said. “I must admit that when I was asked to talk about it, I declared our readiness. Russia is increasingly militarizing the Kaliningrad district. It recently transferred its nuclear weapons to Belarus“, he underlined again.
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