UK defence minister says Britain will send a further 350 troops to Poland

The British defence minister said the move to send 350 troops to Warsaw will 'send a strong signal that Britain and Poland stand side by side'.

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies

07 February, 2022

Ben Wallace said 350 troops would be sent to Poland 'as a bilateral deployment' [Getty]

British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday Britain would send a further 350 troops to Poland.

Britain last year sent 100 troops to Poland to help support it with a migrant crisis at its border with Belarus.

"We will add to those ... by sending a further 350 British troops to Poland as a bilateral deployment to show that we can work together and send a strong signal that Britain and Poland stand side by side," Wallace said at a news conference alongside his Polish counterpart.

(Reuters)