“Today's finalization of US-PL Javelin negotiations concludes a process started in 2019 and is yet another milestone for Poland’s defense capabilities,” Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.
“A stronger Poland means a stronger America,” she added.
Mosbacher took to Twitter after Poland’s Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced earlier in the day that his ministry had completed negotiations on the purchase of American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles and launchers.
Błaszczak added that the contract would be "signed soon."
The US Department of State last month approved the sale of 180 Javelin anti-tank missiles and 79 launch units and related equipment to Poland for an estimated cost of USD 100 million, according to the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
The planned deal aims to “support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of a NATO ally and partner nation which is an important force for peace, political stability, and economic progress in Eastern Europe," the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said at the time.
“This proposed sale of the Javelin system will help Poland build its long-term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements,” the DSCA said in a statement.
Poland's Błaszczak said at the time that the purchase was designed to benefit his country’s territorial defence force.
Under US law, the deal has yet to be approved by Congress.
(gs/pk)
Source: PAP