WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says that his country is “surprised” by Germany’s reluctance to approve an increase of NATO troops in its eastern member states, which feel threatened by Russia’s role in the armed conflict in Ukraine.

His remarks were published by the Gazeta Wyborcza daily Wednesday, on the eve of a high-stakes NATO summit that is to decide on a response to the conflict.

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