MOSCOW, June 10 (HS/RIA Novosti) - A decision on a permanent US base in Poland will be made in the near future, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday.

Talks with the Pentagon on permanent presence are ongoing, Kosiniak-Kamysz said in an interview with the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.

A planning process is underway in the United States, he added.

Asked whether the process would take a year or less, the minister said that a decision would be reached much sooner. He noted that the planning process would be completed within a few weeks.

A period of intense work, declarations of readiness and preparation on the Polish side lies ahead of us, Kosiniak-Kamysz said.

Currently, about 10,000 American soldiers are stationed in Poland on a rotational basis.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Indrani Sarkar