Poland and Germany sign bilateral defence agreement
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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
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WARSAW - 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)
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius react after signing a defence agreement between Poland and Germany, at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Kacper Pempel Reuters
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz welcomes German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius before signing a defence agreement between Poland and Germany, at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Kacper Pempel Reuters
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius react after signing a defence agreement between Poland and Germany, at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Kacper Pempel Reuters
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius show signed defence agreements between Poland and Germany, at the Defence Ministry in Warsaw, Poland, June 17, 2026. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Kacper Pempel Reuters
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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM.
