The defense ministers of Poland and Canada have discussed increasing the size of the Canadian contingent present on NATO’s eastern flank, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Marcin Kosiniak-Kamysz said following negotiations with his Canadian colleague William Blair, referring to TASS.
“[During the meeting, the parties] made very important statements related to the strengthening of Canada’s presence in Poland, Canadian troops on the eastern flank of NATO,” Kosiniak-Kamysz noted.
The Canadian military was sent to Poland at the end of June 2015. This happened after on June 9 of the same year, representatives of the defense ministries of the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of strengthening defense and ensuring security.
At the end of 2022, Canadian authorities sent 40 specialists from the engineer corps to Poland to train the Ukrainian military as part of the UNIFIER mission.
Source: EDNEWS
