Germany has delayed a decision about whether to extend the stationing of Patriot missile systems in Poland amid new tensions with Warsaw about how to repair jointly Leopard tanks engaged in Ukraine.
German defence minister Boris Pistorius visited Poland on Monday but did not explicitly address a Polish request to keep the Patriots in place for at least another six months, even as he underlined that Berlin considered they were making “an essential contribution” to regional security.
Instead, Pistorius called on Warsaw to resolve within 10 days a dispute over a new joint repair hub for German Leopard tanks in Poland, which was announced in April at an estimated cost of €150mn.
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