Polish and French FMs hold talks on security and defence

The talks between the Polish and French foreign ministers took place a day after the Weimar Triangle foreign ministers’ session.

From left: Radosław Sikorski, Jean-Noël Barrot, Paris, France, 8 January 2026

Photo: Marcin Majewski/Polish MFA/CC BY-NC 4.0

As reported on 8 January by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski met on Thursday with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot.

Their discussions focused on the implementation of the Treaty of Nancy, as well as cooperation in the fields of security, defence, and nuclear energy.

Deputy Prime Minister, FM @sikorskiradek met today with the French Foreign Minister ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ @jnbarrot.

The talks focused on the implementation of ⤵️
? the Treaty of Nancy
? cooperation in the field of security and defence
? nuclear energy pic.twitter.com/jDiR2SWlLr

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ (@PolandMFA) January 8, 2026

The day before, on Wednesday, Poland, France, and Germany met in Paris for a Weimar Triangle foreign ministers’ meeting, joined by their Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

The officials covered the ongoing war in Ukraine, relations with the United States, and broader security issues in the Indo-Pacific region.

Foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ @sikorskiradek, ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ @jnbarrot, and ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ @AussenMinDE met today in ?Paris.

The foreign ministers ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ?￰ﾟﾇﾷ?￰ﾟﾇﾪ were joined by the foreign minister of ?￰ﾟﾇﾳ @DrSJaishankar for today's talks, during which they discussed key topics:

?energy security… pic.twitter.com/HO108Bvtof

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs ?￰ﾟﾇﾱ (@PolandMFA) January 7, 2026

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Source: MSZ/X/@PolandMFA