Poland holds talks on defense with US delegates

Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak hosted talks with US delegates on the modernization plans for Polish army. His US counterparts were Vice Admiral Rixey, Director of the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), and Gregory Kausner, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security and Arms Transfers. “We are in a position to execute large program for the modernization of our armed forces,” Siemoniak said. He stressed that the modernization program is backed by all political parties and that it has sufficient financial guarantees to be executed. Siemoniak said that missile defense is a priority for Poland and added that Poland is interested in acquiring JASSM missiles from the US. “We value our cooperation so far and we want to act as one entity, through the development of cooperation between our defense industries, training, the development of the F-16 program and mission operations themselves,” Gregory Kausner, US’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security and Arms Transfer, Kausner told Polish Radio.