On Wednesday in Warsaw, the defense ministers of Poland and Germany – Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Boris Pistorius – signed a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement.
The document frames cooperation in areas such as joint military exercises, development of logistics infrastructure, cyber security, maritime security, including activities in the Baltic Sea, as well as space.
The meeting of ministers took place at the headquarters of the Polish Ministry of National Defense in Warsaw. The signing of the agreement coincided with the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty on Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation, which gave the event an additional symbolic dimension.
What does the agreement provide for?
As the Polish Defense Ministry indicated, the new agreement “ will constitute the legal basis defining a new, updated framework for mutual cooperation of the Parties in matters of defense ».
The minister also stressed that « The initiative aims to systematize ongoing operational cooperation, taking into account the current security situation in Central and Eastern Europe. The document will complement the defense mechanisms within the framework of NATO and the European Union ».
The new agreement replaces the previously existing framework agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on defense cooperation, signed in Warsaw in June 2011.
According to information communicated by the Ministry of Defense, the new provisions mainly concern military mobility, the development of logistical support infrastructures, cooperation in the maritime domain, including in the Baltic Sea, cyber security and the use of space.
Unlike the Polish-French treaty signed in 2025, the agreement with Germany does not provide for mutual security guarantees.
Regarding the form chosen for this agreement, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosaw Sikorski, had previously explained that the fact of lowering its rank, from a treaty to an agreement, was linked, among other things, to the attitude of the president and officials of the Law and Justice party with regard to Polish-German relations.
