Polish Deputy Defence Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka discussed the talks in an interview with TVN24. U.S. officials have examined the two proposed locations and shared their assessment with Warsaw. Discussions are continuing, and no site has been selected.
One option could be in western Poland, a region the United States considers safer. Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said the choice would also take into account proximity to airports and a major metropolitan area. The proposed base is expected to house about 5,000 U.S. service members and their families.
Poland needs a special legislative process for the project. The deputy minister said a base is comparable to a small town, so the law would need to speed construction and define the responsibilities of specific ministries. A timetable for further work has been outlined, but talks with the United States remain under way.
The timetable depends on a strategic review of the U.S. military presence in Europe, ordered by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. A report on American forces in Europe is due to Hegseth on November 1 and then to President Donald Trump on December 1. Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said the United States is unlikely to decide before the review ends, with a final answer expected after the report reaches Trump.
Separately, she responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's statement that Trump had made a final decision to transfer licences for Patriot missile production to Ukraine, saying it remained to be seen how the plan would proceed. If a factory is planned in Ukraine, Poland has proposed hosting it on its territory, which it regards as safer. No decision on the factory or its location was reported.