Polish President Rebuffs Trump's Comment, Says No Factors Weakening NATO

© AP Photo / Alik KepliczU.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters support soldiers during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. Polish leaders say the country is buying Polish-made Black Hawk helicopters as it modernizes the army.
U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters support soldiers during the NATO Noble Jump exercise on a training range near Swietoszow Zagan, Poland. Polish leaders say the country is buying Polish-made Black Hawk helicopters as it modernizes the army. - Sputnik International
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There are no factors that may cause weakening of the NATO, Polish President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday in the wake of US President-elect Donald Trump’s recent criticism of the alliance.

US Colonel Christopher Norrie is pictured during a welcome ceremony at the Polish-German border in Olszyna, Poland on January 12, 2017 - Sputnik International
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"NATO is doing well, and I do not see any factors which could lead to a weakening of NATO," Duda said, as quoted by the Polish Radio English Section.

Duda added that Poland had welcomed the US troops to date and intended to host US-Polish military drills in the near future.

At the NATO defense ministers' summit held in July 2016, the alliance had agreed to deploy four multinational battalions to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.

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