Obama offers to boost US military presence in Eastern Europe

FXStreet (Łódź) - US President Barack Obama, who visited Poland today as part of his four-day trip to Europe, announced plans for boosting US military presence in Eastern Europe. Obama proposed to create a 1 billion dollar “European Reassurance Fund” to help strengthen defenses in the area, following the annexation of Crimea by Russia and its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.

“Our commitments to Poland’s security, as well as the security of our allies in Central and Eastern Europe, is a cornerstone of our own security,” Obama said at a press conference in Warsaw. “It is sacrosanct.”

Meanwhile, fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists continues in the eastern part of Ukraine, with several militants killed on Monday in the city of Luhansk. NATO defense ministers are due to hold a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss ways of handling the conflict.
US Vice President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday that he would take part in the inauguration of Petro Poroshenko as president on June 7.

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