Turkey, Poland Defense Cooperation to Continue

Turkish Ambassador to Warsaw Cengiz Kamil Firat highlights new opportunities to boost bilateral relations

Deep-rooted relations between Turkey and Poland recently led to defense cooperation, and it will continue to grow, Ankara’s ambassador to Warsaw has said.

“We have sold very important defense equipment to Poland, a NATO and EU country,” Cengiz Kamil Firat, who came to inaugurate Turkey’s honorary consulate in the city of Wroclaw, told Anadolu Agency. “This is a start and will continue.”

In May, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said his government would purchase 24 Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey, becoming the first NATO member to buy Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).