Polish Defense Minister confirms the placement of 4 NATO battalions in Poland and Baltics

Today, the Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz confirmed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will place four battalions in Poland and Baltic countries. “Our conversation confirmed that four groups of combat battalions will be stationed on a rotating basis in Poland, as in the Baltic countries, which will constitute an important element of an extended permanent NATO presence in the East," the Defense Minister proclaimed after Tuesday's meeting with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, in Warsaw. Macierewicz also added that one of the battalions will be stationed in Poland and the rest in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. On May 1, international daily The Wall Street Journal informed that NATO is set to place some 4,000 troops in Poland and the Baltic countries in an attempt to strengthen Europe's Eastern border.