WARSAW, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Poland will spend 3-4 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on military upgrades in 2023, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday.
Morawiecki said at the Nowa Deba training ground in south Poland, where he was watching the "Puma 22" military exercise, that the country will spend between 100 billion and 130 billion zlotys (21.4-27.8 billion U.S. dollars) on the military upgrades. This amounts to the equivalent of 3-4 percent of Poland's GDP, he added.
Over 1,700 soldiers from the countries of the Visegrad Group, namely, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as from the United States and the United Kingdom, are taking part in "Puma 22", the largest exercise this year carried out by the Visegrad Group troops.
Poland has signed contracts worth tens of billions of U.S. dollars to purchase arms from the United States and South Korea in recent years. These include missile systems, fighter jets, main battle tanks, self-propelled howitzers and other military equipment. ■
