thumb|The signing by President Aleksander Kwaśniewski of the treaty on Poland's accession to the European Union.

The Republic of Poland is a Central European country and member of the European Union and NATO, among others. Poland wields considerable influence in Central and Eastern Europe and is a middle power in international affairs. The foreign policy of Poland is based on four basic commitments: to Atlantic co-operation, to European integration, to international development and to international law.

The Polish economy is fairly open and relies strongly on international trade. Since the collapse of communism and its re-establishment as a democratic nation, Poland has extended its responsibilities and position in European and Western affairs, supporting and establishing friendly foreign relations with both the West and with numerous European countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland) looks after the foreign relations of Poland. As of May 2024 the ministry was held by Radosław Sikorski.

History

Foreign policy topics are covered in the history articles:

  • History of Poland
  • History of Poland in the Early Modern era (1569–1795)
  • History of Poland (1795–1918), when it was split three ways between Germany, Russia and Austria and had no foreign policy
  • Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815) a semi-independent country
  • History of Poland during World War I
  • History of Poland (1918–1939)
  • History of Poland (1939–1945)
  • History of Poland (1945–1989)
  • History of Poland (1989–present)

Integration with the West and Europe

After regaining independence in 1989, Poland has ahead on its economic reintegration with the Western world. Poland also has been an active nation in advocating European integration.

In 1994, Poland became an associate member of the European Union (EU) and its defensive arm, the Western European Union (WEU). In 1996, Poland achieved full OECD membership and submitted preliminary documentation for full EU membership.

Poland formally joined the European Union in May 2004, along with the other members of the Visegrád Group.

the European Union membership

NATO membership

Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz told a 2014 audience at the Wilson Center that Poland sought to join NATO as early as 1992.

In 1997, Poland was invited in the first wave of NATO enlargement at the July 1997 NATO Madrid summit. In March 1999, Poland became a full member of NATO. Poland promoted its NATO candidacy through energetic participation in the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program and through intensified individual dialogue with NATO.

Poland was a part of the multinational force in Iraq.

Diplomatic relations

List of countries which Poland maintains diplomatic relations with:

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Bilateral relations

Multilateral

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!width="12%"| Formal Relations Began

!Notes

|--valign="top"

|||<!--Start date-->

|See Poland in the European Union

Poland joined the European Union as a full member on 1 May 2004.

|--valign="top"

|||<!--Start date-->

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Poland joined NATO as a full member on 12 March 1999.

|}

Africa

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"

|-g

! style="width:15%;"| Country

! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began

! style="width:50%;"| Notes

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->||See Algeria–Poland relations

  • Algeria has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Algiers.

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Angola has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Luanda.

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Chad is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.
  • Poland is accredited to Chad from its embassy in Tunis, Tunisia.

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->||See Egypt–Poland relations

  • Egypt has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Cairo.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Ethiopia–Poland relations

  • Ethiopia is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland has an embassy in Addis Ababa.

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->13 December 1963||See Kenya–Poland relations

  • Kenya is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Rome, Italy.
  • Poland has an embassy in Nairobi.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Libya–Poland relations

  • Libya has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland is accredited to Libya from its embassy in Cairo, Egypt.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Madagascar is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Moscow, Russia.
  • Poland is accredited to Madagascar from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

|- valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->||See Mali–Poland relations

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Morocco–Poland relations

  • Morocco has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Rabat.

|--valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->25 June 1975||

  • Mozambique is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Mozambique from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa and maintains an honorary consulate in Maputo.

|--valign="top"

|||<!--Date started-->21 March 1990||

  • Namibia is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Namibia from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Nigeria–Poland relations

  • Nigeria has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Abuja.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Senegal relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Dakar.
  • Senegal has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->1988||See Poland–South Africa relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Pretoria.
  • South Africa has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||31 January 2013||See Poland–South Sudan relations

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|||<!--Date started-->1961||See Poland–Tanzania relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Dar es Salaam.
  • Tanzania is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Tunisia relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Tunis.
  • Tunisia has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||1963||See Poland–Uganda relations

  • Poland is accredited to Uganda from its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya and maintains an honorary consulate in Kampala.
  • Uganda is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Zambia relations

|}

Americas

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;"

|-g

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|||<!--Date started-->1920

|See Argentina–Poland relations

  • Argentina has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Buenos Aires.
  • List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and Poland (Argentine Foreign Ministry, in Spanish)

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|||<!--Date started-->2 May 1995||

Both countries established diplomatic relations on May 2, 1995.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Bolivia is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Bolivia from its embassy in Lima, Peru.

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|||<!--Date started-->27 May 1920||See Brazil–Poland relations

  • Brazil has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Brasília and a consulate-general in Curitiba.

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|||<!--Date started-->1935||See Canada–Poland relations

  • The Canada-Poland diplomatic relationship goes back from the first bilateral agreement, a Convention on Merchant Shipping, which was signed in 1935.
  • Canada has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Ottawa and 3 Consulates-General (in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver).
  • Both countries are full members of NATO and OECD.
  • Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about relations with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1920||See Chile–Poland relations

  • Chile has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Santiago.
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.

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|||<!--Date started-->1931||See Colombia–Poland relations

  • Colombia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Bogotá.
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.

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|||<!--Date started-->1933||See Cuba–Poland relations

  • Cuba has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Havana.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Ecuador is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Ecuador from its embassy in Lima, Peru.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • El Salvador is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panama.

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|||<!--Date started-->1972||

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 10 June 1972.

  • Guyana is accredited to Poland from its high commission in London, United Kingdom.
  • Poland is accredited to Guyana from its embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Haiti–Poland relations

  • Haiti is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Haiti from its embassy in Panama City, Panama, and there is an honorary consulate of Poland in Port-au-Prince.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Honduras is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Honduras from its embassy in Panama City, Panama.

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|||<!--Date started-->26 February 1928||See Mexico–Poland relations

  • Mexico has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Mexico City.
  • History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Poland (Spanish)
  • Both nations are members of the OECD.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Panama has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Panama City.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Paraguay is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Paraguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|||<!--start date-->1923||See Peru–Poland relations

  • Peru has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Lima.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–United States relations

A tighter security alliance with the United States was announced in the middle of the Georgian crisis as an agreement between the two countries was reached to allow the US to install and operate an interceptor missile defense shield, a move which Russia sees explicitly targeting it and which it stated made Poland "a legit military target". A high-ranking Russian military official said: "Poland in deploying [the US system] opens itself to a nuclear strike".

  • Poland has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and consulates-general in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York.
  • United States has an embassy in Warsaw, a consulate-general in Kraków, and a consular agency in Poznań.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO and the OECD.

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|||<!--Date started-->22 July 1920||See Poland–Uruguay relations

  • Poland is accredited to Uruguay from its embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Uruguay is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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|||<!--Date started-->1933||See Poland–Venezuela relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Caracas.
  • Venezuela has an embassy in Warsaw.

|}

Asia

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Afghanistan–Poland relations

  • Afghanistan has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland is accredited to Afghanistan from its embassy in New Delhi, India.

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|||<!--Date started-->1992-2-26

|See Armenia–Poland relations

  • Armenia has an embassy in Warsaw, and honorary consulates in Łódź, Poznań and Zabrze.
  • Poland has an embassy in Yerevan.
  • Poland has recognized the Armenian genocide in 2005.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  • See also Armenians in Poland and Poles in Armenia

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|||<!--Date started-->1992-02-21

|See Azerbaijan–Poland relations

  • Azerbaijan has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Baku.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  • See also Poles in Azerbaijan

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Bangladesh–Poland relations

  • Bangladesh has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland is accredited to Bangladesh from its embassy in New Delhi, India.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919

|See China–Poland relations

  • Relations between Poland and the People's Republic of China began on 5 October 1949.
  • China has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Beijing and consulates-general in Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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|||<!--Date started-->1992-04-28||See Georgia–Poland relations

  • Georgia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tbilisi.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  • Georgia is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.
  • See also Georgians in Poland and Poles in Georgia

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|||<!--Date started-->||See India–Poland relations

Historically, relations have generally been close and friendly, characterized by understanding and cooperation on international front.

  • India has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in New Delhi.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Indonesia–Poland relations

  • Indonesia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Jakarta.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Iran–Poland relations

  • Iran has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tehran.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Iraq–Poland relations

  • Iraq has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Baghdad.

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|||<!--Date started-->27 February 1990||See Israel–Poland relations

Poland broke off relations with Israel after the Six-Day War of 1967, following most other countries of the Soviet Union controlled Eastern Bloc. Poland was the first Eastern bloc country to recognize Israel again in 1986. Full diplomatic relations have been reestablished in 1990, after the communist People's Republic of Poland was transformed into modern, democratic Poland. Government relations between Poland and Israel are steadily improving, resulting in the mutual visits of presidents and the ministers of foreign affairs.

  • Israel has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tel Aviv.
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.
  • See also History of the Jews in Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Japan–Poland relations

  • Japan has an embassy in Warsaw, and an honorary consulate in Kraków.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tokyo, and 2 honorary consulates (in Kobe and Hiroshima).
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.
  • See also Poles in Japan

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|||<!--Date started-->6 April 1992

|See Kazakhstan–Poland relations

Poland opened its embassy in Nur-Sultan in March 1994. Kazakhstan's embassy to Poland was opened in October 2000.

  • Kazakhstan has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Astana.
  • See also Poles in Kazakhstan

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Kuwait has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Kuwait City.

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  • Kyrgyzstan is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.
  • Poland is accredited to Kyrgyzstan from its embassy in Astana, Kazakhstan.
  • See also Poles in Kyrgyzstan

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Lebanon has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Beirut.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Malaysia–Poland relations

Malaysia has an embassy in Warsaw, and Poland has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur and a consulate in Kuching.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Mongolia–Poland relations

  • Mongolia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Ulaanbaatar.

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|||<!--Date started-->1948 October||See Poland–North Korea relations

  • North Korea has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Pyongyang.

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|||<!--Start date--> 17 December 1962

|See Pakistan–Poland relations

  • Pakistan has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Islamabad.

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|||<!--Start date--> 9 July 1982 (PLO), 11 April 1989 (formalized)

  • Poland has a representative office in Ramallah.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Philippines–Poland relations

  • Philippines has an embassy in Warsaw and 2 honorary consulates (in Poznań and Wrocław).
  • Poland has an embassy in Manila and 3 honorary consulates (in Cebu City, Davao City and San Fernando).

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Poland has an embassy in Doha.
  • Qatar has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Saudi Arabia relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Riyadh.
  • Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->1969

  • Singapore has a non-resident ambassador based in Singapore accredited to Poland and has an honorary consulate-general in Warsaw.||See Poland–South Korea relations
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.
  • Poland and South Korea have a good relations.
  • Polish embassy in Seoul.
  • South Korean embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland and South Korea have made an agreement of the Working Holiday Program.
  • See also: Poland–South Korea relations

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Taiwan relations

  • Poland maintains a Representative Office in Taipei.
  • Taiwan maintains a Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Tajikistan relations

  • Poland is accredited to Tajikistan from its embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  • Tajikistan is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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  • Poland has an embassy in Bangkok.
  • Thailand has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Turkey relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Ankara and a consulate-general in Istanbul.
  • Turkey has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO, OECD and the Council of Europe.
  • Poland is an EU member and Turkey is an EU candidate. Poland supports Turkey's accession negotiations to the EU, although negotiations have now been suspended.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Turkmenistan relations

  • Poland is accredited to Turkmenistan from its embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • Turkmenistan is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–United Arab Emirates relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Abu Dhabi.
  • United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Warsaw.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Uzbekistan relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Tashkent.
  • Uzbekistan has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • See also Poles in Uzbekistan

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Vietnam relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Hanoi.
  • Vietnam has an embassy in Warsaw.

|}

Europe

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Albania–Poland relations

  • Albania has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Tirana.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO.
  • Albania is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.

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|||<!--Date started-->1996-5-15||

  • Andorra is accredited to Poland from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Andorra la Vella, Andorra.
  • Poland is accredited to Andorra from its embassy in Madrid, Spain.

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|||<!--Date started-->1921

|See Austria–Poland relations

Austria was one of the three partitioners of Poland, along with Prussia/Germany and Russia.

  • Austria has an embassy in Warsaw and a consulate-general in Kraków and 3 honorary consulates (in Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Łódź).
  • Poland has an embassy in Vienna and 4 honorary consulates (in Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Salzburg).
  • Austrian Foreign Ministry: list of bilateral treaties with Poland (in German only)
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1992-03-02

|See Belarus–Poland relations

  • Both countries share a common border of .
  • Poland has an embassy in Minsk and consulates-general in Brest and Hrodna.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-3||See Belgium–Poland relations

  • Belgium has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Brussels.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Sarajevo.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.

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|||<!--Date started-->1920s||See Bulgaria–Poland relations

  • Bulgaria has an embassy in Warsaw and 5 honorary consulates (in Białystok, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Kraków and Wrocław).
  • Poland has an embassy in Sofia, and an honorary consulate in Nesebar.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1992-04-11

|See Croatia–Poland relations

  • Croatia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Zagreb.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.
  • Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1960s||See Cyprus–Poland relations

  • Cyprus has an embassy in Warsaw and 2 honorary consulates (in Gdynia and Szczecin).
  • Poland has an embassy in Nicosia and an honorary consulate general in Limassol.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1991-10-6||See Czech Republic–Poland relations

  • Both countries share a common border of .
  • Poland has an embassy in Tallinn.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, of NATO and of the European Union.
  • Estonia Ministry of Foreign affairs about relations with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-03-08||See Finland–Poland relations

  • Finland has an embassy in Warsaw and an honorary consulate in Gdynia.
  • Poland has an embassy in Helsinki.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States and of the European Union and of NATO.
  • Poland fully supported Finland's application to join NATO, which resulted in membership on 4 April 2023.
  • Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-2-24||See France–Poland relations

Polish-French relations date several centuries, although they became really relevant only with times of French Revolution and reign of Napoleon I. Poles have been allies of Napoleon; large Polish community settled in France in the 19th century, and Poles and French were also allies during the interwar period. The official relations, having cooled down during the Cold War, have improved since the fall of communism. Currently both countries are part of the European Union and NATO.

  • France has an embassy in Warsaw and a Consulate general in Kraków
  • Poland has an embassy in Paris and a consulate-general in Lyon.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Germany–Poland relations

Before the creation of modern Germany in 1871, Germany was one of the three partitioners of Poland, along with Austria and Russia.

The joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland of 1939 started World War II, and then until 1945, Poland was occupied by Germany and subjected to crimes against its population.

During the Cold War, communist Poland had good relations with East Germany, but had strained relations with West Germany. After the fall of communism, Poland and the reunited Germany have had a mostly positive but occasionally strained relationship due to some political issues. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Germany has been a proponent of Poland's participation in NATO and the European Union.

  • Both countries share a common border of .
  • Germany has an embassy in Warsaw and consulates-general in Gdańsk, Kraków, Opole and Wrocław.
  • Poland has an embassy in Berlin and consulates-general in Cologne, Hamburg and Munich.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Greece–Poland relations

  • Greece has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Athens.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919||See Holy See–Poland relations

  • Holy see has an apostolic nunciature in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy to the Holy See based in Rome.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Hungary–Poland relations

Relations between the two states date back from the Middle Ages. For a long time, they enjoy traditional close friendship.

  • Hungary has an embassy in Warsaw, a consulate-general in Kraków, a vice-consulate in Wrocław, and 4 honorary consulates (in Łódź, Poznań, Bydgoszcz and Szczecin).
  • Poland has an embassy in Budapest, and 3 honorary consulates (in Keszthely, Szeged and Szentendre).
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union, NATO and the Visegrád Group.

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|||<!--Date started-->January 1946||See Iceland–Poland relations

  • Iceland has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Reykjavík.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO.

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|||<!--Date started-->1976-9-30||See Ireland–Poland relations

  • Ireland has an embassy in Warsaw, and an honorary consulate in Poznań.
  • Poland has an embassy in Dublin, and 2 honorary consulates (in Limerick and Kilkenny).
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-2-27||See Italy–Poland relations

  • Northern Italy and parts of Poland were part of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire.
  • Italy has an embassy in Warsaw, and 5 honorary consulates (in Gdynia, Kraków, Poznań, Szczecin and Wrocław).
  • Poland has an embassy in Rome, a consulate general in Milan, and 8 honorary consulates (in Ancona, Bologna, Genoa, Naples, Palermo, Trento, Turin, Venice).
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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||| ||See Kosovo–Poland relations

  • Poland recognised Kosovo's independence on February 26, 2008.
  • Poland has not established an embassy in Pristina, diplomatic relations are maintained through its embassy in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Kosovo maintains its diplomatic presence in Poland through its embassy in Warsaw

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|||<!--Date started-->1991-08-30||See Latvia–Poland relations

  • Poland recognised Latvia's independence on January 27, 1921.
  • Latvia has an embassy in Warsaw and 3 honorary consulates (in Katowice, Gdańsk and Łódź).
  • Poland has an embassy in Riga.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO, the European Union and the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
  • There are around 57,000 Poles living in Latvia (See Poles in Latvia).
  • Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1991-9-5||See Lithuania–Poland relations

Poland and Lithuania formed a close alliance and political union since 1385, which was eventually transformed into the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the greatest historic powers of Central and Eastern Europe.

The fall of communism in the years of 1989-1991 led to a formal reestablishment of relations by the Polish and Lithuanian states. Poland was highly supportive of the Lithuanian independence, and became one of the first countries to recognize independent Lithuania. Despite that, there was a relative crisis in the early 1990s, due to Lithuanian mistreatment of Polish minority, and Lithuanian suspicious that Poland would want to put Lithuania under its sphere of influence.||See Luxembourg–Poland relations

  • Luxembourg has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Luxembourg City.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Malta has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Valletta.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1991-8-27||See Moldova–Poland relations

  • Moldova has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Chișinău.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  • Moldova is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.

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|||<!--Date started-->1990||

  • Monaco is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany and maintains an honorary consulate in Warsaw.
  • Poland is accredited to Monaco from its embassy in Paris, France.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • Montenegro has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Podgorica.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO.
  • Montenegro is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Netherlands–Poland relations

  • Netherlands has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in The Hague.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->||

  • North Macedonia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Skopje.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO.
  • North Macedonia is an EU candidate and Poland is an EU member.

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Norway–Poland relations

  • Norway has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Oslo.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO and the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
  • There are over 100,000 Poles in Norway, forming the largest minority group of the country (as of 2019).

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|||<!--Date started-->11 July 1974||See Poland–Portugal relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Lisbon.
  • Portugal has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-02-09||See Poland–Romania relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Bucharest.
  • Romania has an embassy in Warsaw and 3 honorary consulates (in Gdynia, Katowice and Poznań).
  • Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe.
  • See also Polish–Romanian alliance

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|||<!--Date started-->||See Poland–Russia relations

Russia was one of the three partitioners of Poland, along with Austria and Prussia/Germany.

The joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland of 1939 started World War II.

In recent years, relations with Russia have worsened considerably. During the Russo-Georgian War Poland stated its support for Georgia and condemned Russia's actions. The Polish believed the war was carried out by the Russians in an attempt to reestablish and reassert its dominance over its former republics.

Since 2009, however, relations with Russia somewhat improved, despite the Smolensk air disaster where the former Polish president died on what is still considered a controversial event. After the annexation of Crimea by Russia the relations deteriorated again, as Poland strongly condemned Russian actions against Ukraine.

  • Poland has an embassy in Moscow and consulates-general in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg.
  • Russia has an embassy in Warsaw and consulates-general in Gdańsk, Kraków and Poznań.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919||See Poland–Serbia relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Belgrade.
  • Serbia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland is an EU member and Serbia is an EU candidate.
  • Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

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|||<!--Date started-->1993||See Poland–Slovakia relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Bratislava.
  • Slovakia has an embassy in Warsaw and a consulate-general in Kraków.
  • Both countries are full members of NATO, the European Union and the Visegrád Group.
  • Both countries share of common borders.||
  • Slovenia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Ljubljana.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-5-19||See Poland–Spain relations

  • Poland has an embassy in Madrid and a consulate-general in Barcelona.
  • Spain has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-6-3||See Poland–Ukraine relations

Both countries share a border of about .

  • Poland has an embassy in Kyiv and consulates-general in Kharkiv, Lviv, Lutsk, Odesa and Vinnytsia
  • Ukraine has an embassy in Warsaw and consulates-general in Gdańsk, Kraków, Lublin and Opole.
  • Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
  • Poland is an EU member and Ukraine is an EU candidate.

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|||<!--Date started-->1919-7-5

Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, the International Criminal Court, NATO, OECD, OSCE, Trilateral Security Pact, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Defence and Security Agreement, a Double Tax Convention, and a Strategic Partnership.

During the Cold War Poland retained a largely negative view of Britain as a sluggish ally of Poland during World War II, later acceptance of neglecting Poland in the international arena and placing it in communist influences. In communist times the UK was a part of the NATO block, so consequently it was considered by the communists as natural enemy of the communist bloc. British efforts meanwhile were focussed at trying to break Poland off from the Warsaw Pact and encouraging reforms in the country.

In the 1990s and 2000s democratic Poland has maintained close relations with Britain; both in defence matters and within the EU; Britain being one of only a few countries allowing equal rights to Polish workers upon their accession in 2004.

  • Poland has an embassy in London and consulates-general in Belfast, Edinburgh and Manchester.
  • See also Poles in the United Kingdom

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Oceania

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! style="width:15%;"| Country

! style="width:12%;"| Formal Relations Began

! style="width:50%;"| Notes

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|||<!--Date started-->February 1972||See Australia–Poland relations

  • Australia has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Sydney.
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.

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|||<!--Start date--> 12 February 2019

|

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 February 2019.

  • Poland is accredited to Micronesia from its embassy in Canberra, Australia.
  • Micronesia currently does not have an accredited ambassador to Poland.

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|||<!--Start date--> 1 March 1973

|See New Zealand–Poland relations

  • New Zealand has an embassy in Warsaw.
  • Poland has an embassy in Wellington.
  • Both countries are full members of the OECD.

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||| ||See Papua New Guinea–Poland relations

  • Papua New Guinea is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Brussels.
  • Poland is accredited to Papua New Guinea from its embassy in Canberra, and there is an honorary consulate of Poland in Madang.

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|||<!--Start date--> 6 March 2012

|

Both countries established diplomatic relations on 6 March 2012.

  • Poland is accredited to the Solomon Islands from its embassy in Canberra, Australia.
  • Solomon Islands are accredited to Poland from its embassy Brussels, Belgium.

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Regional blocs

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!Countries

|-

|Lublin Triangle || • •

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|British–Polish–Ukrainian trilateral pact || • •

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|Weimar Triangle || • •

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See also

  • List of diplomatic missions in Poland
  • List of diplomatic missions of Poland
  • Polish involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
  • Poland in the European Union

References

Further reading

  • Biskupski, M. B. The History of Poland. Greenwood, 2000. 264 pp. online edition
  • The Cambridge History of Poland, 2 vols., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1941 (1697–1935), 1950 (to 1696). New York: Octagon Books, 1971 online edition vol 1 to 1696 , old fashioned but highly detailed
  • Davies, Norman. God's Playground. A History of Poland. Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982 / .
  • Davies, Norman. Heart of Europe: A Short History of Poland. Oxford University Press, 1984. 511 pp. excerpt and text search
  • Frucht, Richard. Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism Garland Pub., 2000 online edition
  • Gerson Louis L. Woodrow Wilson and the Rebirth of Poland 1914-1920 (1972)
  • Hetherington, Peter. Unvanquished: Joseph Pilsudski, Resurrected Poland, and the Struggle for Eastern Europe (2012) 752pp excerpt and text search
  • Kenney, Padraic. "After the Blank Spots Are Filled: Recent Perspectives on Modern Poland," Journal of Modern History (2007) 79#1 pp 134–61, in JSTOR historiography
  • Klatt, Malgorzata. "Poland and its Eastern neighbours: Foreign policy principles." Journal of Contemporary European Research 7.1 (2011): 61-76. online
  • Korbel, Josef. Poland Between East and West: Soviet and German Diplomacy toward Poland, 1919–1933 (Princeton University Press, 1963)
  • Kuźniar, R. ed. Poland's Security Policy 1989-2000 (Warsaw: Scholar Publishing House, 2001).
  • Lerski, George J. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. Greenwood, 1996. 750 pp. online
  • Leslie, R. F. et al. The History of Poland since 1863. Cambridge U. Press, 1980. 494 pp. excerpt
  • Lukowski, Jerzy and Zawadzki, Hubert. A Concise History of Poland. (2nd ed. Cambridge U. Press, 2006). 408pp. excerpts and search
  • Magocsi, Paul Robert t al. A History of East Central Europe (1974).
  • Pogonowski, Iwo Cyprian. Poland: A Historical Atlas. Hippocrene, 1987. 321 pp.
  • Prazmowska, Anita J. A History of Poland (2004\)
  • Sanford, George. Historical Dictionary of Poland. Scarecrow Press, 2003. 291 pp.
  • Snyder, Timothy. The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999 (2003).
  • Wróbel, Piotr. Historical Dictionary of Poland, 1945-1996. Greenwood, 1998. 397 pp.
  • Zięba, Ryszard. Poland's Foreign and Security Policy Springer, 2020) online