Poland will significantly increase defense spending to 3 percent of its GDP, Slovakia is also investing heavily in its armed forces, the two NATO prime ministers said, AP reported.
Polish and Slovak defense ministers Mateusz Morawiecki and Eduard Heger visited multinational military exercises in Poland and said their countries are increasing their deterrence capabilities and military cooperation amid war in neighboring Ukraine.
Morawiecki said the Polish government will spend more than 100 billion zlotys ($21.4 billion) next year or maybe even 130 billion zlotys ($27.8 billion) to modernize its armed forces. He said this would amount to 3 percent to 4 percent of Poland's GDP, one of the highest defense budgets among the 30 NATO members. Poland currently spends just over 2 percent of GDP on its armed forces.
The best strategy is to deter the enemy with the strength of your own army and through cooperation with others, Morawiecki said.
Heger noted that the Slovak government is intensively modernizing the armed forces, adding that the war in Ukraine showed the need for regional defense cooperation.
Morawiecki and Heger observed maneuvers by nearly 2,000 Polish, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, American and British troops. The PUMA-22 exercise was held at the Nowa Debe training ground in southeastern Poland, about 150 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Heger said they want to establish peace and show that they have enough forces to defend peace.
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