Poland to participate in Defender-Europe 20 military exercises

Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher took part in a briefing on Thursday ahead of the Defender-Europe 20 military exercises that will see almost 20,000 US troops deployed to Europe. Blaszczak described the exercises as strong confirmation of joint Polish-US engagement in security, while Ambassador Mosbacher said the manoeuvres were evidence of the vitality of the guarantee of mutual defence enshrined in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. The manoeuvres, planned from February to April, involve the deployment of some 20,000 US troops to Europe where they will take part in range exercises in Poland and the Baltic states as well as other locations. It will be the biggest US deployment to Europe in 25 years.