Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Støre, signed the declaration on Monday in Warsaw, with both leaders highlighting close cooperation on security, defence and assistance to war-stricken Ukraine.
Tusk said the declaration confirmed the two countries’ efforts to build bilateral relations, which he described as better than at any time in their history.
After the meeting, Tusk said he and Støre had "convergent, or actually identical, views on every important issue."
"In today’s world, where the international order is being violated, where laws, principles, rules and standards are being broken by the most powerful in the world, building such relations based on business, morality, geopolitics and security—all of this is truly invaluable," Tusk said.
He said the two countries also shared the same view of the geopolitical situation, including the need for solidarity among NATO members and maintaining close trans-Atlantic ties.
Both countries, he added, shared "exactly the same position" on continued support for Ukraine.
Støre said the strategic partnership declaration contained more than 20 points covering areas including security and defence, military mobility, critical infrastructure protection, energy security, support for Ukraine and economic cooperation.
He told reporters that the strategic partnership between the two countries testified to "a wonderful level" of bilateral relations.
He also pointed to a large number of Norwegian troops stationed in Poland and said it was time for Europe to take greater responsibility for its security.
Støre previously visited Poland in February, when he and Tusk visited the Dęba-Lipa Training Area in Poland's southeastern Podkarpackie province.
The site hosts Camp Jomsborg, a Polish-Norwegian project under which Norwegian troops, together with soldiers from other Nordic and Baltic countries, train Ukrainian armed forces personnel.
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Source: IAR/PAP