Germany has offered to send Poland soldiers to help with its flood areas, but the details have not yet been agreed, the Defence Ministry in Berlin told dpa.
Earlier, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after a crisis management meeting in Wroclaw that Germany was ready to send soldiers to provide support.
“So if you see German soldiers, please don’t panic. This is help. Just so there are no doubts,” said Tusk.
He was referring to anti-German sentiment that is widespread among parts of the Polish population, 85 years after Nazi German invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, which started World War II.
Poland has been struggling with the effects of severe flooding since the weekend. Several towns in the south-west of the country have been devastated. Some 16,000 Polish soldiers are currently deployed, according to Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
