Poland officially inaugurated on Wednesday the American missile defense base in Redzikowo (north)a fact that the president of the country, Andrzej Duda, rated as “a kind of symbol” of Polish-American relations.
“From the moment an American missile defense base is built here, the whole world will see clearly and clearly that this is no longer the Russian sphere of influence“, he highlighted during his speech before adding that “if anywhere in the world there is a country dissatisfied with the fact of having American soldiers, let them come to us, we will always receive it with joy“.
For his part, the Polish Defense Minister, Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamyszdefined the entry into operation of the base as a “milestone” in anti-missile defense and assured that “Poland is part of the best and most effective air defense” of NATO.
Radoslaw SikorskiForeign Minister, recalled thatThe signing of the agreement for the construction of the base was reached in 2008a few days after the Russian invasion of Georgia, and stressed that the facilities, built despite the changes of government that have occurred in Warsaw and Washington, are a “monument” of the alliance between Poland and the US.
“Attempt to limit Russia’s military potential”
Russia, on the other hand, is not at all happy with the inauguration of the US base in Poland. Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskovindicated a few hours later that “the advances in US military infrastructure deployed on European territory and in areas close to the Russian borders” mean nothing more than “an attempt to limit Russia’s military potential”.
“Of course, this leads to adoption of appropriate measures to ensure parity“said Peskov, who recalled that, even under the Administration of former President George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin was “very active in the negotiations,” in which he expressed “his Concern over US plans to create missile defense staging zones in Europe“.
In this sense, accused the US of “lying” when it said that “all these military plans were actually directed at the Iranian threat”. “All these plans were drawn up from the beginning to militarily contain our potential,” he denounced.
