Poland is building one of the strongest armies in Europe and aims to have the strongest ground army in the region within two years, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Sunday, Reuters reported.

Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak’s statement was made during a campaign event outside the capital Warsaw, in the context of which the ruling party to which he belongs, Law and Justice, begins to appeal to the goodwill of voters ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. in autumn

Minister Blaszczak, who also holds the post of deputy prime minister in the right-wing government, said in the city of Volomin that a necessary condition for obtaining more military power is to keep his party in power.

“If the voters, if the people give us another mandate, then we can meet again here in Wolomin in two years, and I can show you that the Polish army will be the strongest land army in Europe,” Blaszczak was quoted as saying. PAP press agency.

The government in Warsaw, led by the “Law and Justice” party, is one of the most convincing supporters of Ukraine from a political and military point of view.

Poland, a NATO member, not only supplies its neighbor with tanks, fighter jets and a large number of other weapons, but is also vigorously building up its own army and increasing defense spending.