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Warsaw and Washington have agreed on six locations for new US troops to be stationed in Poland, the country’s Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Friday, a day after Donald Trump cancelled a trip to the eastern European nation.
Trump called off his weekend trip due to a hurricane bearing down on Florida, with US Vice President Mike Pence to take his place at events in Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two.
“We have agreed on six locations, we talked about a seventh location,” Blaszczak said later at a joint news conference with US National Security Adviser John Bolton, who has come to Poland for the anniversary.
In June, Poland signed a deal to increase the American military presence on its soil to counter Russia’s growing assertiveness since its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
Trump cancels Poland trip to focus on US hurricane
Poland has a border in the northeast with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Moscow has deployed advanced nuclear-capable Iskander missiles.
The military deal signed in June will increase the number of non-permanent US troops in Poland by 1,000. There are on average about 4,500 US troops in Poland on rotation as part of Nato forces.

“Poland has been an outstanding partner of the US and Nato, spending more than two percent of GDP on defence,” Bolton told the conference. He added that Trump’s visit will be rescheduled as soon as possible.
Apart from declarations about military cooperation, some analysts had expected Trump to comment on energy and technology cooperation, and possibly on easing US visa requirements for Poles.
An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday that Trump may visit in the coming months.
“Probably some part of the declarations, which only the US president can make, will be delayed (...) and probably some of the declarations will wait for his visit to Warsaw,” minister at Polish president’s chancellery Krzysztof Szczerski told public radio.
He did not reply directly to questions about relaxing the visa regime, saying only that there are talks about Polish-US “cooperation”.


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US to deploy new troops in six locations in Poland to counter Russia threat

There are about 4,500 US troops in Poland. Photo: Reuters

Automobiles cross a junction near skyscrapers in the business district in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, July 1, 2019. Poland's authorities put on a brave face as U.S. President Donald Trump called off a visit to Warsaw to commemorate the start of World War II because a big storm on the Atlantic was heading toward Florida. Photographer: Bartek Sadowski/Bloomberg

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Poland has a border in the northeast with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles
The deal signed in June will increase the number of non-permanent US troops in Poland by 1,000



Poland has a border in the northeast with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles.


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US to deploy new troops in six locations in Poland to counter Russia threat

Poland has a border in the northeast with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles The deal signed in June will increase the number of non-permanent US troops in Poland by 1,000

Poland has a border in the northeast with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where Moscow has deployed nuclear-capable missiles

The deal signed in June will increase the number of non-permanent US troops in Poland by 1,000