{"id":47125,"date":"2020-08-16T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/16\/pompeo-inks-deal-to-support-more-american-troops-in-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:49:08","slug":"pompeo-inks-deal-to-support-more-american-troops-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/08\/16\/pompeo-inks-deal-to-support-more-american-troops-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo inks deal to support more American troops in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WARSAW \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sealed a defense cooperation deal Saturday with Polish officials that will pave the way to deploy more American troops to Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo, in Warsaw at the end of a four-nation tour of central and eastern Europe, signed the deal with Polish Defense Minister Mariusz B\u0142aszczak that sets out the legal framework for the additional troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is going to be an extended guarantee: a guarantee that in case of a threat our soldiers are going to stand arm-in-arm,\u201d Poland\u2019s President Andrzej Duda said during the signing ceremony. \u201cIt will also serve to increase the security of other countries in our part of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal would also further other aspects of U.S.-Polish cooperation, he added, citing primarily investment and trade ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/04\/with-the-germany-withdrawal-poland-is-set-to-be-hosting-a-lot-more-us-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3260259.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">With the Germany withdrawal, Poland is set to be hosting a lot more US troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Poland has agreed to construct multiple facilities to support more U.S. troops operating in that country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some 4,500 U.S. troops are currently based in Poland, but about 1,000 more are to be added. Last month, in line with President Donald Trump\u2019s demand to reduce troop numbers in Germany, the Pentagon announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/29\/thousands-of-troops-are-coming-home-from-germany-but-some-of-them-could-be-going-right-back\/\" target=_blank>12,000 troops would be withdrawn from Germany<\/a> with about 5,600 moving to other countries in Europe, including Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, several U.S. military commands will be moved out of Germany, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/08\/04\/armys-resurrected-v-corps-will-go-to-poland\/?utm_source=clavis\" target=_blank>U.S. Army V Corps overseas headquarters<\/a> that will relocate to Poland next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1370\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Poland's Minister of Defence Mariusz Blaszczak sign the U.S.-Poland Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw,  Poland, Saturday Aug. 15, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-102395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg?resize=768,526 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,701 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228349747300.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1052 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Poland&#8217;s Minister of Defence Mariusz Blaszczak sign the U.S.-Poland Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw,  Poland, Saturday Aug. 15, 2020. (Janek Skarzynski\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pact signed Saturday supplements a NATO pact and allows for the enhancement and modernization of existing capabilities and facilities by allowing U.S. forces to access additional Polish military installations. It also sets out a formula for sharing the logistical and infrastructure costs of an expanded U.S. presence in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe opportunities are unlimited, the resources will be available,\u201d Pompeo said later at a news conference alongside Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTroop levels matter &#8230; but the world has moved on too,\u201d Pompeo said, referring to threats posed in space, cyberspace and disinformation campaigns. He said such defense agreements would allow work on those threats too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Czaputowicz said the presence of American troops \u201cenhances our deterrence potential because we are closer to the potential source of conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is important that they should be deployed here in Poland and not in Germany,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said the pact was the culmination of months of negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe agreement will enhance our military cooperation and increase the United States\u2019 military presence in Poland to further strengthen NATO deterrence, bolster European security, and help ensure democracy, freedom, and sovereignty,\u201d Trump\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1460\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Poland's Minister of Defence Mariusz Blaszczak greet each other after signing the US-Poland Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw,  Poland, Saturday Aug. 15, 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-102401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg?resize=300,219 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg?resize=768,561 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,748 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20228347238104.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1121 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Poland&#8217;s Minister of Defence Mariusz Blaszczak sign the U.S.-Poland Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw,  Poland, Saturday Aug. 15, 2020. (Janek Skarzynski\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has long and loudly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/02\/german-defense-minister-planned-us-troop-withdrawal-regrettable\/\" target=_blank>complained that Germany <\/a>does not spend enough on defense. NATO nations have pledged to dedicate 2% of their gross domestic product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the signing ceremony, Pompeo joined Duda and other Polish leaders at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to mark the centennial of Poland\u2019s landmark victory against the Russian Bolsheviks in 1920 during the Polish-Soviet war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Battle of Warsaw, often called the \u201cMiracle on the Vistula,\u201d outnumbered Polish troops led by Marshal J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski defeated an advancing Red Army. The battle is credited with stopping the Bolsheviks\u2019 westward march, and remains a source of huge national pride in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday\u2019s signing came just a day after the Trump administration suffered an embarrassing diplomatic loss at the United Nations when its proposal to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran was soundly defeated in a U.N. Security Council vote that saw only one country side with the U.S. Pompeo will visit that country, the Dominican Republic, on Sunday for the inauguration of its new president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo said in Warsaw that it was \u201cunfortunate\u201d that France and the U.K., permanent members of the Security Council, did not support the U.S. position and that Washington would continue to press the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States simply wanted the keep the same rules that have been in place since 2007,\u201d he said. \u201cI think there are a lot of people who understand that it is not in the world\u2019s best interest to allow this arms embargo to expire. I hope they find the courage to say so publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo has used his Europe trip to warn the region\u2019s young democracies about threats posed by Russia and China. In Poland, the reception was particularly warm, given the friendship between Trump and conservative Polish President Duda, who was sworn in for a second five-year term earlier this month after a hotly contested election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the policies pushed by Poland\u2019s ruling conservative government have put Poland at odds with the European Union, which is concerned that government efforts to reshape the judiciary and other actions have eroded the rule of law and democracy in the EU nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sealed a defense cooperation deal Saturday with Polish officials that will pave the way to deploy more American troops to 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