Poland, U.S. sign declaration on military cooperation

Poland and the United States on Monday signed a declaration on military cooperation, during an official visit here of U.S. Army Commanding Lieutenant General Ben Hodges who was hosted by Polish Armed Forces Branches General Commaner Miroslaw Rozanski.

During the meeting, both sides signed a declaration on bilateral cooperation and intention letter on military partnership, which both mark a step forward in Polish-U.S. military cooperation.

Both documents set up the program for an intensified and strengthened military partnership between Poland and the United States. The intention letter additionally provides the general framework of cooperation for military units, which are under U.S. Army in Europe (USAEUR) command.

"U.S. Army forces in Poland and in other countries of the region are to demonstrate the strength of the alliance, the freedom of maneuver and that soldiers who are present here can relocate heavy military equipment at any time. The United States will remain present on training grounds of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania and other states," Gen. Hodges said, according to the Polish Press Agency.

"These agreements are the continuation of a very good cooperation between our partners from the United States and Polish soldiers," said Gen. Rozanski.

A part of the U.S.-Eastern Europe military cooperation is the deployment of the U.S. Army heavy military equipment, a total of 1200 vehicles, stationed in seven Central and Eastern European states.

Around 600 of these vehicles will be based in Poland, which also also host the military command and support sub-division. Endit