The Western counties should come up with a unified response to the "security challenge" allegedly posed by Russia, head of the National Security Bureau Pawel Soloch said Wednesday at the Warsaw Security Forum
WARSAW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th October, 2018) The Western counties should come up with a unified response to the "security challenge" allegedly posed by Russia, head of the National Security Bureau Pawel Soloch said Wednesday at the Warsaw Security Forum.
"Russia poses a strategic security challenge. Not just the security of Poland and the region, but the whole continent, and this challenge is global as well ... Our unity is as important as never before. Not just within the NATO, but within the whole Western community. Our response should be coordinated," Soloch said.
According to the Polish official, Moscow was "making attempts to undermine the global order and global security."
Soloch said that Poland's plan to host a US base was an investment in the country's security.
"The United States is treating its responsibility of an ally seriously. One example of that is the talks about boosting the presence of the US forces in Poland," Soloch said.
US President Donald Trump said in September that Washington was considering Warsaw's invitation to set up a US base in Poland.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last week that a US division potentially deployed in Poland would be against the NATO-Russia Founding Act. Lavrov said back in 2016 that NATO was well aware that Russia would never attack an alliance member, but was using the alleged Russian threat as a pretext to deploy more troops and weapons in certain locations.
