SEOUL, Oct. 26 – Polish President Andrzej Duda said his government has declined Ukraine’s request to transfer weapons Poland purchased from South Korea, according to news reports Friday.
Duda made the remark during a meeting with reporters during his state visit to South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported citing reports by Polish news portal RMF24.
“There is no scenario under consideration in which we hand over weapons, which we have recently purchased for billions of (Polish) zloty from the pockets of our taxpayers, to anyone. These weapons are to serve the security and defense of Poland,” Duda was quoted as saying.
Even if Seoul agrees to transfer weapons to Ukraine, Duda said they will not come from the stockpiles allocated to Poland, according to the report.
On the last day of his four-day state visit Friday, Duda toured Hanwha Aerospace Co., which produces K9 self-propelled howitzers, and Hyundai Rotem Co, the manufacturer of K2 tanks, both located in Changwon, about 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
