Poland’s president and prime minister are due to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House and with congressional leaders who they hope will spur Washington to invest more in Ukraine’s defense at a critical moment in the war in Europe.
FILE - President Joe Biden, right, is greeted by Polish President Andrzej Duda, Feb. 22, 2023, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. Slovakia President Suzana Caputova stands behind. Poland's president and prime minister are due to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House and with congressional leaders who they hope will spur Washington to invest more in Ukraine's defense at a critical moment in the war in Europe.
”I think the first step is to get every country meeting the 2% threshold, and we’ve seen improvement of that,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. “But I think that’s the first step before we start talking about an additional proposal.” The visit also gives Biden another opportunity to showcase how his view of NATO, a 32-member transatlantic military alliance, contrasts with that of the likely 2024 Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump.to countries that are “delinquent” in meeting the alliance's defense spending target.
“The situation is really dire on the frontline,” said Michal Baranowski, managing director of Warsaw-based GMF East, part of the German Marshall Fund think tank. “We are not talking about something that can be fixed by June or July but needs to be fixed in March or April.”
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