Poland and Germany sign defense agreement

After signing defense treaties with France and the United Kingdom, Warsaw signed a security agreement with Berlin on Wednesday with reduced ambitions due to the historical reluctance of the Polish right and the risk of a presidential veto. Signed in Warsaw by the Defense Ministers of the two countries, on the occasion of the 35^e anniversary of the 1991 Good Neighbor Treaty, this agreement “opens new fields of cooperation, in the field of cyber security, shared responsibility, joint command in the Baltic Sea, in the field of new technologies, in particular space activities”s’est félicité le ministre polonais de la Défense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

The text mentions cooperation in the areas of military mobility, infrastructure development and industrial cooperation between Germany and Poland. HAS”We have every interest in strengthening cooperation with Poland in the field of the arms industry.”underlined German Minister Boris Pistorius, during a joint press conference. “We need more European independence when it comes to our supply chains, the development of our systems and their production.â€he added.

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The Russian “ghost fleet”

From July, German soldiers are to help Poland strengthen its border with Kaliningrad as part of the project “Eastern Shield”. At sea, this cooperation is crucial to protect essential underwater infrastructure and monitor the«ghost fleet» Russian, emphasized Piotr Szymanski, of the Center for Oriental Studies, to AFP.

The anniversary of the Polish-German treaty also provided the opportunity, Wednesday in Berlin, for a meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the two countries, Johann Wadephul and Radoslaw Sikorski. The two ministers denounced “Russia’s aggressive actions, particularly of a hybrid nature and in the area of ​​disinformation”. According to the German minister, “Germany and Poland (now) together form the backbone of European defense and NATO’s deterrence against the Russian threat.”.