MOSCOW (Sputnik), Yulia Shamporova – The US-Poland intergovernmental agreement on placement of US bases for heavy military equipment in Poland is a part of the US aggressive policy in the region, Mateusz Piskorski, head of the Polish party Zmiana, told Sputnik on Friday.
"It is a part of the new aggressive confrontational policy of the United States in Central and Eastern Europe, the policy which is aimed at containing theoretical ‘Russian threat’ for these countries and which responds for the requests of the political elites of these countries which ask US authorities to place new military basis and infrastructure in the region," Piskorski said.
The politician stressed that, from the geopolitical point of view, US military bases in Poland could be seen as a US policy aimed at building a range of allied countries controlled by Washington. He also added that this situation was typical for many countries in the region.
"The agreement between the United States and Poland is one of several similar agreements which have been signed lately between the US and different Central and Eastern European countries, for instance, the same goes for the Baltic countries which will have the US military bases there," Piskorski adeded.
NATO has increased its military presence in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea since the outbreak of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine in April 2014.
Russia has warned that NATO’s build up and expansion close to its borders is a provocative move and a threat to regional security.
"One must remember about the agreements between Russia and NATO made in 1997…which guarantee that no permanent military presence of US will be allowed on the territory of new member states of NATO, which means on the territory of the Eastern European countries. So this is a direct violation of international law, of the agreement of 1997," Piskorski said.
The Founding Act on mutual relations, cooperation and security between NATO and Russia was ratified in 1997 in Paris. According to the Founding Act, "the member States of NATO reiterate that they have no intention, no plan and no reason to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of new
The goal of the document was to build a long-term peace in the Euro-Atlantic area on the principles of democracy and cooperative security with joint NATO-Russia efforts. The Founding Act also paved the way for the emergence of the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council, the actual basis for NATO-Russia relations.
