UK and Poland sign new defence treaty as Starmer cites Russian aggression threat
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Richard Wheeler
4d ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk formalized a new security and defence treaty at RAF Northolt, with Starmer framing the agreement as a response to Russian aggression. The treaty represents what Starmer called a "generational uplift" in bilateral security and defence relations between the two countries. The leaders also visited the Battle of Britain Bunker to lay a commemorative wreath.
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So that's the context in which we sign what is actually a generational uplift in the relationship on security and defence between our two countries.
The PM met his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk at RAF Northolt to formalise the agreement.
