Polish soldiers stand at attention after attending the end of mission ceremony at their Camp Echo in Diwaniya, south of Baghdad. Photo: AFP
The country’s defence minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, said that “most personnel is already in Poland or en route, with some in Jordan.”
“This allows us to maintain the continuity of [the deployment] in the region,” he said.
Kosiniak-Kamysz said the decision to evacuate from Iraq was made in coordination with Nato allies.
Poland had troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011, and then again from 2016.
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