Poland and Germany sign bilateral defence agreement


Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius attend the signing of a defence agreement between Poland and Germany, at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW, June ⁠17 (Reuters) - Poland and Germany have signed ⁠a bilateral defence agreement, defence ‌ministers of both countries announced on Wednesday, as Warsaw is seeking to firm up its ​alliances at a time ⁠when it sees ⁠a rising threat from Russia.

• Poland has ⁠already ‌signed defence treaties with France and Britain and is ⁠working on one with Italy.

• "The defence ​agreement... opens ‌up new areas for cooperation. In ⁠the ​field of cybersecurity, joint responsibility, joint command in the Baltic, new technologies," ⁠Poland's Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said during ​a press conference with Germany's Boris Pistorius.

• "It opens up new opportunities regarding military ⁠mobility as well as the development of infrastructure for this mobility between our states."

• The document was signed ​on the 35th anniversary ⁠of the signing of the Polish–German ​Treaty of Good Neighbourly ‌Relations and Friendly Cooperation.

(Reporting ​by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Alan Charlish; Editing by Ros Russell)

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