“There are no such plans,” Sikorski said in an interview published on Thursday by the Rzeczpospolita daily, when asked whether Poland could become involved in the war in Iran.
“We have a war at our border, an aggressive Russia with an imperial state ideology that sends drones into our airspace; we have enough to deal with here, next to us,” he said.
Sikorski said Polish and US interests were “close and largely overlapped,” but were not identical in every respect.
He noted that President Karol Nawrocki had already said he would not agree to the involvement of Polish troops in the war.
At the same time, Sikorski said both the government and the president expressed political solidarity with Poland’s main ally, the United States, as well as with allies and partners in Turkey, Cyprus and the Gulf region.
Poland also supports Israel’s security “within internationally recognized borders,” he said.
Asked about a US missile defense base at Redzikowo, northern Poland, which officials originally said was linked to defense against Iran, Sikorski said the facility aims to detect and neutralize missiles that could threaten Europe and the United States.
“Iran has not fired such missiles,” he said.
On whether Iran had posed a direct threat to America, Sikorski said: “The United States and Israel naturally have their own assessment of the situation, but I personally did not notice a ‘direct threat’ to the United States or Europe, or even Israel.”
Asked about Trump’s suggestion that the conflict was a preemptive war, Sikorski said such wars could sometimes be justified, but added that judgments are usually easier in hindsight.
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Source: Polish Radio