Warsaw, Bucharest and Ankara have voiced support for a beefed-up NATO presence on the military alliance's eastern flank.

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski (C), his Romanian counterpart, Lazar Comanescu (R) and Turkish opposite number, Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) meeting in Warsaw. Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak

"Poland, Romania and Turkey share common problems and proposals for solving them," Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski told journalists following a meeting in Warsaw with his counterparts on Thursday.

Waszczykowski's talks with his Romanian counterpart, Lazar Comanescu, and Turkish opposite number Mevlut Cavusoglu, were centered on security issues, particularly in the run-up to a July NATO summit in Warsaw.

"We believe that the eastern flank and its security should be strengthened through the deployment of combined US-NATO forces," he added.

Waszczykowski also said that talks between the foreign ministers of Poland, Turkey and Romania, the three largest nations located on NATO's eastern flank, would be continued in the future.

Poland has been campaigning for the consolidation of NATO's eastern flank since the Ukrainian-Russian crisis began in 2014. (aba/pk)

Source: PAP