Poland’s Duda says NATO will have to think seriously if Putin uses chemical weapons

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said in an interview on Sunday that the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia would be a game changer and NATO would have to think seriously about how to respond.

Asked if the use of chemical weapons by Putin would be a red line for NATO at which point it has to get involved, Duda told BBC television: “If he uses any weapons of mass destruction then this will be a game changer in the whole thing.”

“For sure, the North Atlantic Alliance and its leaders led by the United States will have to sit at the table and they will really have to think seriously what to do because then it starts to be dangerous.”

(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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Photo Polish President Andrzej Duda (C), Polish Sejm Speaker Elzbieta Witek (C-L) and Polish Senate Speaker Tomasz Grodzki (C-R) pose for a photo before the National Assembly, a joint sitting of both the Polish parliament’s houses in Warsaw, Poland, 11 March 2022. The National Assembly was organized to celebrate the 23rd anniversary of Poland’s accession to Nato, which falls on 12 March. EPA-EFE/Leszek Szymanski