
华沙,10月27日——波兰国防部长瓦迪斯瓦夫·科希尼亚克-卡梅什周二表示,波兰和英国都支持加强跨大西洋联盟,因为与美国的合作没有替代方案。
WARSAW, Oct 27 - Both Poland and the United Kingdom are in favour of strengthening the transatlantic alliance as there is no alternative to cooperation with the US, Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Tuesday.
“我们对与美国结盟持相似看法。波兰和英国都支持加强这一联盟,”这位波兰国防部长在与英国国防大臣韦斯·斯特里廷举行的联合新闻发布会上说。
"We share a similar view of the alliance with the United States. Both Poland and the United Kingdom support strengthening this alliance," the Polish Defence Minister said during a joint press conference with British Defence Minister Wes Streeting.
他说,两国都支持加强欧洲防务能力和战略自主的努力,但不会以牺牲与华盛顿的关系为代价。
He said both countries backed efforts to strengthen Europe's defence capabilities and strategic autonomy, but not at the expense of ties with Washington.
“跨大西洋合作没有替代方案。任何其他方案都更糟,是糟糕的。但我们的能力、英国的能力、波兰的能力以及欧洲的能力必须得到加强,以用于生产、集体防御和合作,”他说。
"There is no alternative to transatlantic cooperation. Any other solution is simply worse, it is bad. But our capabilities, British capabilities, Polish capabilities, and European capabilities must be strengthened for production, for collective defense, for cooperation," he said.
波兰和英国周二签署了一项为期三年的防务合作计划,涵盖联合军事演习和防务能力发展。
Poland and Britain signed a three-year defence cooperation plan on Tuesday covering joint military exercises and the development of defence capabilities.
科希尼亚克-卡梅什还表示,波兰将努力确保英国能够受益于欧盟的SAFE防务融资计划,并保证波兰将致力于“让英国更靠近欧盟”。
Kosiniak-Kamysz also said Poland would seek to ensure that Britain could benefit from the European Union's SAFE defence financing programme and assured that Poland will strive to "bring the United Kingdom closer to the European Union".