Poland's president says US assures no troop reduction in Europe
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda stated on Tuesday that he has received assurances from the U.S. that Washington will not reduce its troop presence in Poland and other countries along NATO’s eastern flank.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to provide for its own security. His administration’s stance has raised questions in the region about whether Washington will maintain its longstanding commitments to NATO partners, News.Az reports citing The Washington Times.
“There are no concerns that the U.S. would reduce the level of its presence in our country, that the US would in any way withdraw from its responsibility or co-responsibility for the security of this part of Europe,” Duda told reporters in Warsaw.
Duda, who has long been friendly to Trump, spoke to reporters after meeting Gen. Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
Duda said his assessment was based on conversations he had in recent days, both with Kellogg and with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom he hosted in Warsaw last week.
He called on the population “to remain calm” in light of shifting priorities under Trump.
The U.S. deployed troops to Poland after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, but increased the deployment and created a long-term presence there after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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