UK strengthens foreign policy, defence cooperation with Poland

The 2030 Strategic Partnership – aimed at strengthening their foreign policy, security, and defence cooperation – was signed by the UK’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace alongside Poland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Zbigniew Rau and National Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Wednesday.

The strategic partnership sets out joint priorities on issues including cooperation on defence capability and operations, Belarus and China and builds on the 2017 UK-Poland Treaty on Defence and Security Cooperation, according to a press release from the UK’s Defence Ministry.

“Our 2030 Partnership commits the UK and Poland to even greater defence, security and foreign policy cooperation into the future,” said Cleverly.

The partnership also focuses on strengthening the cooperation between both countries’ armed forces by “increasing the intensity and frequency of joint training exercises; strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defence posture; and standing united in our approaches to the Indo-Pacific,” the press release added.

“As historic defence partners and NATO Allies, the UK stands with Poland to defend NATO’s Eastern Flank and support Ukraine against Russian aggression,” said Wallace.

(Sofia Stuart Leeson | EURACTIV.com)

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