Poland says it won’t dispatch troops, bucking US call for naval support in Strait of Hormuz

Poland will not send troops to Iran as the conflict does not directly affect its security, Prime Minister Donald Tusk says, adding that the United States and other powers understood Warsaw’s decision.

US President Donald Trump called on allies over the weekend to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian forces continue attacks on the vital waterway amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, now in its ​third week.

Poland’s government “does not plan any expedition to Iran, and this does not raise any doubts on the part of our allies,” Tusk says before a government meeting.

He says this covers Poland’s land, air and naval forces, which are still being built up in the face of the conflict over the border in Ukraine.

Tusk says securing the Baltic Sea remains a central element of Poland’s strategy.

A number of other US allies, including Germany, Spain and Italy, have said they have no immediate plans to send ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively shut with attacks and threats of attacks.