The Polish government on Tuesday passed a military reform program designed to turn Poland's army into a professional force, according to Polish news agency PAP.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after a cabinet meeting that Poland's obligatory draft would end with this year and that by 2010 Poland would have a fully professional army numbering 120,000troops.
Currently Poland's armed forces number over 124,000 soldiers.
Defense Minister Bogdan Klich, speaking to Polish Radio One on Tuesday, said at present career soldiers constitute some 64 percent of the entire military personnel. In 2010 the army will befully made up of career soldiers, said Klich.
At the same time he added that he is a strong opponent of further limiting of the size of the armed forces. "I cannot imagine an 80,000 army as some would like to see. I think that 120,000 soldiers is a sufficient number and we should not go below this level."
Source:Xinhua
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