
Deputy Minister of National Defense Cezary Tomczyk commented on the US decision to locate a service center for Patriot systems in Poland.
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The United States decided to locate a PAC-3 missile service center in Poland. The investment is crucial for missile defense in Europe.
"Rambo always fought for good things"
The Ministry of National Defense announced on Tuesday that the United States had decided to locate a service center for PAC-3 missiles for air defense systems in Poland. Cezary Tomczyk commented on this information during today's press conference at the Maskpol plant in Konieczki (Silesian Voivodeship). He was asked, among others: for the entry of the US ambassador to Poland, Tom Rose. The diplomat did not spare warm words towards Polish politicians - the president and members of the government, including: exactly Tomczyk. He called the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense "the great Polish Rambo".
Tomczyk said at the press conference that John Rambo is one of his favorite movie characters. He emphasized that he greatly appreciated the conversations with Ambassador Rose. As he said, although when he was appointed as the US ambassador to Poland, it was not known how relations with him would develop, "today he believes that the US ambassador to Poland has done a lot" to build Polish-American relations. Let's do our thing, I think that's the most important thing, and Rambo always fought for good things, said Tomczyk.
Tomczyk with a message to the Chancellery of the President
When asked about the importance of establishing the center in Poland, Tomczyk said that the "propaganda" coming from PiS, according to which the Polish government has bad relations with the United States, turned out to be untrue.
The service center in Poland, in my opinion, is of fundamental importance and I believe that even the public opinion does not yet realize how important this decision is, because it indicates Poland as a long-term partner for the most important American armament, i.e. the anti-ballistic missile and anti-missile defense system at the level of the entire Europe - noted the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense.
He emphasized that President Trump played a huge role in selecting Poland as a partner for this project, because this decision was made at the level of the American administration.
When asked whether he had the impression that President Nawrocki's entourage attributed solely to him the credit for establishing the center in Poland, the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense said that he had a message for the ministers in the Chancellery of the President. The service center for Patriots is a success for Poland and the entire country, he emphasized. He added that both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Nawrocki contributed to this success.

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