00:00The United States has canceled the deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland,
00:05following a growing diplomatic rift between Washington and Berlin.
00:08The Pentagon previously announced a drawdown of 5,000 soldiers from Germany
00:13after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the U.S.-led war in Iran.
00:18In an abrupt move confirmed by Euronews,
00:21Washington has now scraped a highly advanced rotational force
00:24that was already scheduled to replace units in Poland.
00:27The decision caused disappointment in Warsaw,
00:30where officials previously hoped to host the repositioned American forces
00:34to secure the eastern flank against Russia.
00:37Polish President Karol Naroczki stated on Wednesday
00:40that his country was ready to receive the troops,
00:42but Polish Deputy Prime Minister Wlatslaw Kostnyak-Kamsis
00:46sought to downplay the cancellation on Thursday morning.
00:50NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte also sidestepped the issue
00:54during a press conference in Bucharest,
00:55while Alliance officials insisted the move would not affect
00:59poor deterrence and defense plans.
01:01Some disappointments.
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