President Donald Trump said on Thursday that progress is being made toward establishing a U.S. Army base in Poland, crediting “the bold leadership” of Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

“If this happens, the location will be announced very soon. This will be a historic step for our Great U.S./Polish Alliance,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Poland has been pushing ⁠for a bigger allied presence on ​NATO’s eastern flank after Russia’s invasion ​of neighboring Ukraine in 2022.

In June, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said the U.S. Department of Defense was open to ​Poland’s offer to host a permanent ‌U.S. military presence in Poland, but that no decision had been taken.

The minister met with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in June in Brussels, where the Pentagon chief announced a new review of America’s troop deployments in Europe.

Poland ​has so ⁠far hosted U.S. troops on a rotational basis.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil and Doina Chiacu; editing by Costas Pitas)