Sikorski mentioned Warsaw has “no such plans” to hitch the Iran struggle. “Proper now we have now a struggle on our border, an aggressive Russia with an imperial state ideology that sends drones into our airspace. We now have lots to cope with right here, subsequent door,” he mentioned, referring to the Russia-Ukraine battle.
He added the Redzikowo navy base, a U.S. missile protection complicated in Poland, “is meant to detect and neutralize missiles that would threaten Europe and the US. Iran has not launched such missiles.”
Nevertheless, he mentioned the 2 wars have been linked, arguing Russia was backing Iran in a “Tehran-Moscow axis of evil.” “In each theaters, civilian targets are hit by the identical kind of weapons from the identical supply,” he mentioned.
The Polish chief additionally used the interview to reiterate the significance of Europe taking a much bigger function in its personal safety. “It’s so as a result of Europe, particularly Western Europe, spent too lengthy residing off the peace dividend … [and] deindustrialized within the subject of protection.” he mentioned.
Bartosz Brzeziński contributed to this report.
