Paris: France and Poland will sign a new strategic cooperation treaty on Friday, with Polish leader Donald Tusks stressed that a mutual safety pledge would be in the heart of the agreement.The tusk is determined to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Eastern French city Nancy, an important step as European colleagues, as European partners try to strengthen their defense relations after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.“For me, the absolutely important issue was mutual safety guarantee”. In the account, Tusks told reporters that they had prepared to travel to France.He called the mutual support provision “very essence of this treaty”.Asked if Poland could receive security under France’s nuclear weapons, Tusk stated that the treaty “also opens the possibility of cooperation in that area”.He said, “In the case of attack against Poland or France, the two countries are committed to providing mutual assistance, including military assistance,” he said.The agreement reflects the growing coalition between the two major powers of the European Union and the Ukraine colleagues as it fights with Russia’s invasion.“This treaty will take Franco-Poly Partnership to a high level of ambition in strategic regions for both our countries and Europe, especially defense and energy.”The treaty is a “game-changer” and “historic”, Tusk said on Wednesday.The relationship between France and Poland has been tightened since the former European Council President Tusk, in late 2023, the Conservative Law and Justice (PIS) became a premiere, ending the years of governance by the party.The two countries have clarified their unwavering support for Ukraine in front of the Russian invasion and Warsaw’s clouts have also increased within the European Union, as Germany undergoes unusual political instability.France has felt that “Poland is an essential partner in a high -risk environment,” Pierre Buhler, former French Ambassador to Poland and the book “Poland, the history of an ambition”, said AFP.US President Donald Trump made it clear that Europe should do more to ensure its safety, it has become more important than tightening such partnership.Analysts say NATO members Poland may have the largest army of the European Union in the next decade.The Polish Army will have 216,000 soldiers in 2024, according to NATO data, already more than French (205,000) and German (186,000) forces. It aims to reach 300,000 soldiers by 2035. ‘Strategic Communication’ “Poland is saying: ‘Yes, we are taking responsibility for ourselves by entering the coalition with the strongest country in continental Europe”, “Warsaw-based consultancy Politician Insight said security and international affairs chief Marke Swireskinsky said.Macron has also suggested widening the nuclear-power of France, the only nuclear-power power of the European Union to include other European countries.Such security is immense interest to Poland, which has a land border with exclusion of Russia’s Kalinigrad and has repeatedly warned that it can also be a target of Russian aggression.On Friday afternoon, the location and time of signing the treaty in Nancy with about 1400 GMT is also filled with symbolism.Nancy is part of the eastern Loren region, ruled by the Polish King Stanislav I in the eighteenth century, also father -in -law of the French king Louis XV.Today, the main class of Nancy, one of the most beautiful in France, which he planned as the Duke of Loren, has been named Place Stanislas in his honor.Tusk and Macron will also show their alliance on the same day, which Russia marked the victory with a military parade at the Red Square in World War II under President Vladimir Putin. The guests for the May 9 holiday included Chinese President Xi Jinping.Poland is also gearing up for the presidential elections on 18 May, where a nationalist candidate supported by PIS will challenge the European Pro-War-Earcassa Mayor, who has the support of the tusks, which is amid a risk of the risk of Russian disintegration campaign.The treaty in Nancy is also a “a tool for strategic communication”, Svearkzinski said.
