Poland’s president has lashed out at NATO, saying his country is being treated like a “buffer zone” between Russia and Germany.<br /><br /> Andrzej Duda is calling for stronger security guarantees and for the alliance to bolster its work on Polish soil. <br /><br /> “I will do my best in cooperation with the prime minister and defence minister to get more of a NATO presence in Poland. And connected to this is securing more guarantees for Poland and central eastern Europe,” said Duda.<br /><br /> Duda is a vocal critic of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its perceived support for separatists in Ukraine. <br /><br /> Germany and some other NATO members have blocked appeals by Warsaw and other east European members for a permanent NATO combat presence in the region.<br /><br /> The alliance has opted instead to intensify joint exercises and rotate troops through the area. <br /><br /> The United States is studying proposals to store military equipment in several East European countries that its troops could use in the case of an attack on NATO’s
