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<h1><span style="color:#701212;">&#8216;We have existential threats and non-existential threats. Of course the Russian activity is kind of an existential threat because this activity may destroy countries&#8217;</span></h1>
<h4><span style="color:#2e0606;"><span style="color:#062103;">&#8211; Witold Waszczykowski,Poland&#8217;s foreign minister </span></span></h4>
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<li class=""><span style="color:#062103;"><strong>Foreign minister Witold Waszczykowsk said Russia can destroy countries</strong></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#062103;"><strong>He said he will petition NATO in July to send troops to protect Poland </strong></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#062103;"><strong>Waszczykowsk claimed ISIS terrorists was only a non-existential threat</strong></span></li>
<li class=""><span style="color:#062103;"><strong>Poland expressed alarm at Russia&#8217;s annexation of the Crimean peninsula </strong></span></li>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Poland&#8217;s foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski has urged NATO to deploy troops to guard its eastern flank against Russian aggression. Speaking at a security conference in Bratislava in Slovakia, Waszczykowski said he would appeal to NATO directly when the organisation visits Warsaw in July for a summit. He said Russia has the potential to destroy countries and therefore was a greater threat than ISIS.</p>
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</span><strong>Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10372" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3310365d00000578-0-image-m-3_1460807474602.jpg" alt="3310365d00000578-0-image-m-3_1460807474602" width="634" height="418" />Waszczykowski said the Russian Military, pictured here earlier this week at the annual Victory Day parade, has the potential to destroy entire countries, a feat which is beyond the capabilities of ISIS</strong></h5>
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<p> He said: &#8216;We have existential threats and non-existential threats. Of course the Russian activity is kind of an existential threat because this activity may destroy countries,&#8217; he said when asked which security challenges he saw as existential.</p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;And we have non-existential threats like terrorists, like massive wave of migrants.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;It is a very important threat but it is not an existential threat for Europe,&#8217; he said when asked specifically about ISIS.</p>
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<strong>Poland has been incredibly critical of Vladimir Putin&#8217;s foreign policy, especially the annexation of Crimea</strong></h5>
<h5 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9072" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/33262ad100000578-3538158-the_two_planes_pictured_from_the_uss_donald_cook_were_wings_clea-m-11_1460582121093.jpg" alt="33262ad100000578-3538158-the_two_planes_pictured_from_the_uss_donald_cook_were_wings_clea-m-11_1460582121093" width="962" height="591" /> </strong>Russian aircraft buzzed a US warship earlier this week, coming as close as 30 ft.</h5>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A former Soviet satellite, Poland has been alarmed by Russia&#8217;s annexation of Ukraine&#8217;s Crimea peninsula in 2014 and its support for armed separatists in eastern Ukraine, and remains one of Moscow&#8217;s staunchest critics.<br />
Waszczykowski said he hoped the July NATO meeting would address what he said was an inferior level of security on its eastern flank.<br />
&#8216;We expect presence, presence, presence. Presence of military troops from different NATO countries could be a symbol of determination to defend the eastern flank. We can discuss the scale.&#8217;</p>
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‘Russia is a greater threat to international security than ISIS’: Poland calls for NATO troops to help protect its eastern border
