Speaking ahead of a NATO summit opening in The Hague, Kosiniak-Kamysz said that Warsaw had long been preparing for the talks and was backing efforts led by the United States to significantly boost defence commitments across the alliance.
"A failure to adopt the 5-percent target as soon as possible poses a threat to the security of NATO," Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters, noting that Poland has already enshrined such levels in its national budget.
“We allocate more than any other NATO member — and 50 percent of that goes to transformation and modernisation of our army," he added.
The 5-percent proposal, expected to be formally tabled by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during the summit, includes allocating 3.5 percent of GDP to core defence spending and 1.5 percent to infrastructure, cyberdefence and military-industrial development.
Kosiniak-Kamysz said any deviation from this framework by member states would send "the wrong signal" and undermine allied security.
He argued that Poland’s spending record places it among NATO’s top performers, and called for collective ambition in the face of mounting global threats.
He also expressed optimism that the summit would send a positive signal about NATO’s unity, particularly in the context of political uncertainty in the United States.
"The very presence of President Trump confirms that this is a transatlantic alliance—and only such an alliance makes sense in the face of what is happening in Ukraine and the Middle East," Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Other topics on the summit agenda include military mobility, infrastructure on NATO’s eastern flank, and the development of NATO’s new training and education centre for Ukraine.
Kosiniak-Kamysz said he and his senior commanders were pushing for enhanced protection of supply lines for military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Poland is represented at the summit by President Andrzej Duda, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, and a defence delegation including Kosiniak-Kamysz and Deputy Defence Minister Paweł Zalewski.
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Source: IAR, PAP