Poland wants to increase defense budget to more than 4% of GDP in 2024

Ba Lan muốn tăng ngân sách quốc phòng hơn 4% GDP trong năm 2024 - Ảnh 1. — Polish President Andrzej Duda attends a military parade in Warsaw on August 15.

At the opening ceremony of the 31st International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce (Poland), President Duda announced that the country will increase its defense budget to 137 billion zlotys (33 billion USD) for next year.

"The figure represents more than 4% of Poland's GDP," the leader added, more than double the standard of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), of which Poland is a member.

In recent times, in the face of escalating hostilities in Ukraine, Poland has begun signing many arms purchase agreements, including with the US and South Korea.

In August, the US approved a $12 billion deal to transfer Apache attack helicopters to NATO allies.

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In June, Poland received its first batch of US-made Abrams tanks. Warsaw ordered a total of 366 of these tanks.

Two months earlier, the Eastern European country also announced that it had signed a $2.4 billion deal to buy missiles and missile launchers from the British branch of the MBDA defense technology group.

MSPO is one of the three largest annual defense exhibitions in Europe, ranking 9th among the 100 largest military exhibitions in the world. This year, the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group ( Viettel ) attended the event, which took place from September 5-8.

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