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Blue_Tires

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Mon Mar 16, 2015, 04:37 PM Mar 2015

Poland: Stronger Ukraine army can decrease conflict

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WARSAW, Poland — Strengthening Ukraine’s army and supplying it with weapons could prevent an escalation of the conflict and would serve Europe’s interests, a top Polish security official said Thursday.

Stanislaw Koziej, the head of Poland’s National Security Office, met with Oleksandr Turchynov, the chairman of the Ukrainian Security and Defense Council, to discuss cooperation between the neighboring countries.

He said they agreed that it would be in the “interest of Europe, of Poland and of Ukraine to strengthen Ukraine’s army and to supply it with weapons.” He did not specify what kind of weapons might be supplied.

Poland has offered Ukraine non-lethal military supplies like food, first aid kits, blankets and helmets. And it is to help train Ukrainian troops, who have been fighting Russia-backed separatists since April. So far, Poland’s government has indicated it would not supply weapons to Ukraine, but said Kiev was free to make commercial purchases from Polish arms producers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/world/europe/poland-stronger-ukraine-army-can-decrease-conflict/2015/03/05/2d0d7910-c356-11e4-a188-8e4971d37a8d_story.html?resType=accessibility

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