NATO is not currently planning to expand the geography of nuclear warhead deployment under the Nuclear Sharing program, Polish Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski said on RMF FM.

According to Zalewski, the alliance is not considering moving nuclear warheads beyond the locations where they are already stationed.

Warsaw, however, continues to seek a broader role in NATO’s nuclear deterrence system. Zalewski said Poland had for the first time secured allied support for joining a program linked to the movement of nuclear weapons. He described the initiative as a major component of the alliance’s policy.

On August 27, Zalewski addressed the issue at NATO headquarters in Brussels, stressing that Poland neither wants nor plans to host nuclear weapons on its territory. Warsaw’s goal, he explained, is to take part in NATO’s wider nuclear deterrence strategy without having a nuclear arsenal stationed inside the country.

The issue gained fresh attention in mid-February after Polish President Karol Nawrocki said in an interview with Polsat that Poland should seek access to nuclear weapons.

Other senior Polish officials have taken a different position. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said the authorities were not discussing such an option. Prime Minister Donald Tusk, meanwhile, expressed interest in the «nuclear umbrella» project proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.