Poland mulls mines treaty exit, plans military training for men

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a slew of measures aimed at boosting his country's defence, including a possible exit from a landmark anti-mines treaty and large-scale military trainings for men.

Warsaw is already far ahead of its allies in terms of military expenditure, aiming to spend 4.7 percent of its GDP on defence this year  and now it mulls new measures.

A new military training scheme was intended to be ready by the end of the year "so that every adult man in Poland is trained in case of war," Tusk announced.

The trainings will turn "those who do not join the army to fully-fledged and valuable soldiers during a conflict," Tusk said, adding the goal was to have a military reserve force "adequate to potential threats".