WARSAW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - A South Korean loan to Poland to finance arms deals does not actually exist, Poland’s prime minister said on Wednesday, although the new government hopes to still continue with the purchases.

“There was a problem with the Korean purchases… a significant part of the Korean purchases was to be financed by a loan that Korea was to grant,” Donald Tusk told a news conference.

“In the end it turned out that there was some misunderstanding… it turned out that there was no Korean loan.”