US weapon bases in Poland in 2016

Minister of Defense Tomasz Siemoniak told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that talks on placing US army weapon bases are in the decisive phase and it is expected that they arrive in Poland mid-2016. "After talks with our US partners we chose two places for bases of heavy equipment from the US Army - one in western Poland and one in north-eastern Poland. For now, we do not want give further details yet of where these places are," the minister said. He stressed that he wants the negotiations to be finished by the beginning of October. "We anticipate that the deployment will take place in mid-2016. We want to connect the participation of US Army troops in the Anaconda exercises taking place then,” Siemoniak added.