Wojtek Surmacz

STATEMENT BY U.S. AMBASSADOR THOMAS ROSE Poland Selected to Host PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility President Trump’s @POTUS decision to select Poland to host the PAC-3 Missile Maintenance Facility marks a major milestone in U.S.–Polish defense cooperation and strengthens @NATO’s collective defense. Poland earned this opportunity through its strong proposal, eagerness to expand its defense industrial capabilities, and willingness to invest in its own defense. The MMF facility will expand critical maintenance capacity and reinforce trusted supply chains. This is Polish unity at its best — the Polish government and the @prezydentpl Presidential Chancellery under @NawrockiKn working together to get the job done. Many thanks to Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz @KosiniakKamysz and the great Polish Rambo @CTomczyk @magdasobkowiak Deputy Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, who deserves special recognition. Her tireless advocacy, relentless determination, and personal engagement with senior American officials and defense industry leaders, not to mention her countless midnight phone calls and frenetic text barrages, were instrumental in making this happen for Poland. She’s a firecracker!! Under Secretary of State Tom DiNanno and his team at @StateDept were America’s point of the spear with Tim Cahill @LockheedMartin. Many thanks to Under Secretary of War Michael Duffey @DeptofDefense for pushing this past the finish line. This was no easy decision. Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands submitted outstanding proposals. All three are indispensable NATO allies whose defense industrial capabilities will be essential as we build NATO 3.0. There will be many more opportunities. This is @POTUS vision in action: allies investing in their own defense, expanding industrial capacity, and working together to build a stronger, more capable, more self-reliant NATO. Thomas Rose United States Ambassador to Poland