Although the exact details are unknown, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk did make it clear that cybersecurity and health security are central to the agreement Poland is set to sign with the United Kingdom tomorrow.
Before a scheduled government meeting in Warsaw, Tusk thanked his ministers of foreign affairs, national defense, and interior affairs and administration, as well as “all those who were involved in the preparation of the treaty between the Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a partnership in the field of security and defense,” as quoted by Do Rzezcy.
The leader of the Civic Coalition (KO) emphasized that cooperation with the British was planned in response to the growing challenges related to the country’s security. “This is the strategy we have adopted to strengthen cooperation, at the highest diplomatic level, with those countries that genuinely want to strengthen our security,” he noted.
Poland signed a similar enhanced cooperation agreement with France last year.
“The Treaty of Nancy is a framework agreement whose aim is to strengthen Polish-French relations in the dozen or so areas of cooperation mentioned in this agreement, with particular emphasis on security and defense,” President Nawrocki’s office said at the time.
PM Tusk said that this new treaty with the UK is focused on solutions that would ensure a real increase in Poland’s security. Also critical to this goal, he noted, is the alliance with the United States, the SAFE loan, and the planned strengthening of cooperation with Germany.
Tusk also highlighted efforts for deepening bilateral security relations between Warsaw and London, which have already long been cooperating on aid for Ukraine.
