Foreign relations of Poland

• Albania has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Tirana.

• Austria has an embassy in Warsaw, a consulate-general in Kraków and 3 honorary consulates (in Wrocław, Gdańsk, and Łódź).^[1]
• Poland has an embassy in Vienna and 4 honorary consulates (in Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Salzburg).^[2]
• Austrian Foreign Ministry: list of bilateral treaties with Poland (in German only)

• Armenia has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Yerevan.^[3]
• See also Armenians in Poland

• Poland was one of the first countries to recognise Belarusian independence.^[4]
• Belarus has an Embassy in Warsaw, Consulates General in Gdańsk and Białystok, and a Consulate in Biała Podlaska.^[5]
• Poland has an Embassy in Minsk and Consulates General in Brest and Hrodna.^[6]
• The authoritarian and anti-Western political course taken by the country of neighboring Belarus presents a huge problem for Polish foreign policy.

• Bulgaria has an embassy in Warsaw and an honorary consulate in Wrocław.^[7]
• Poland has an embassy in Sofia.^[8]
• Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union.

• Croatia has an embassy in Warsaw.^[9]
• Poland has an embassy in Zagreb.
• Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
• Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration: list of bilateral treaties with Poland

• 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.^[10]

Jan Pastwa is the Polish Ambassador to Prague.^[11] Jan Šechter is the Czech Ambassador to Warsaw.^[12]

Denmark and Poland have still not agreed on the formal establishment of the maritime border between the two countries. Denmark supports a border halfway between the two countries, but Poland wants to be awarded an even greater share of the Baltic Sea, since Poland has a much longer coastline than the Danish island of Bornholm. The issue has gained significance alongside Russia's plans to build the controversial Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the disputed area.

• Poland recognised Estonia's independence on December 31, 1920 and re-recognised it on August 26, 1991.
• Estonia has an embassy in Warsaw and 3 honorary consulates (in Szczecin, Poznań and Kraków).^[13]
• Poland has an embassy in Tallinn.^[14]
• 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

• Finland has an embassy in Warsaw and an honorary consulate in Gdynia.
• Poland has an embassy in Helsinki.^[15]
• Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States and of the European Union.
• Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

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.

• Georgia has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Tbilissi.

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. The Polish-German border is 467 kilometres (290 miles) long.^[16]

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 general consulate in Kraków and 2 honorary consualtes (in Łódź and Poznań). Poland has an embassy in Budapest.

• Iceland is accredited to Poland from its embassy in Berlin, Germany.^[17]
• Poland has an embassy in Reykjavík.^[18]

• Poland recognised Latvia's independence on January 27, 1921.
• Latvia has an embassy in Warsaw and 3 honorary consulates (in Katowice, Gdańsk and Łódź).^[19]
• Poland has an embassy in Riga.^[20]
• There are around 57,000 Poles living in Latvia (See Poles in Latvia).
• Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

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.^[21] Despite that, there was a relative crisis in the early 1990s,^[22] due to Lithuanian mistreatment of Polish minority, and Lithuanian suspicious that Poland would want to put Lithuania under its sphere of influence.^[21] After a few years, as the situation normalized, Polish-Lithuanian relations have been steadily improving over the past two decades, with both countries joining the NATO and European Union.

Lithuania has an embassy in Warsaw. Poland has an embassy in Vilnius, a consulate general in Sejny and an honorary consulate in Klaipėda. There are around 250,000 Poles living in Lithuania and around 25,000 ethnic Lithuanians living in Poland. Both countries are full members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. Both countries share a common border of 103 kilometres (64 miles).^[16]

• Poland has an embassy in Bucharest.^[23]
• Romania has an embassy in Warsaw and 3 honorary consulates (in Gdynia, Katowice and Poznań).^[24]
• Both are full members of NATO and of the European Union.
• See also Polish-Romanian alliance

In recent years, relations with Russia have worsened considerably. Poland responded with strong disapproval towards the 2008 Georgian Crisis, in which a military invasion of Georgia was led by Russia. Georgia is a former USSR republic, Poland was a member of the Eastern Bloc, and Poland stated its support for Georgia and condemned Russia's actions. The Polish believed the invasion 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 plane accident where the former Polish president died on what is still considered a controversial event. After the 2014 Crimean crisis the relations deteriorated again, as Poland strongly condemned Russian actions against Ukraine.

• Poland has an embassy in Belgrade.
• Serbia has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Poland

• Poland has an embassy in Bratislava.^[25]
• Slovakia has an embassy in Warsaw and a general consulate in Kraków.^[26]
• Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union.
• Both countries share 539 kilometres (335 miles) of common borders.^[16]

Both countries share a border of about 529 kilometres (329 miles).^[16] Poland's acceptance of the Schengen Agreement created problems with the Ukrainian border traffic. On July 1, 2009 an agreement on local border traffic between the two country's came into effect. This agreement enables Ukrainian citizens living in border regions to cross the Polish frontier according to a liberalized procedure.^[27]

The Orange Revolution in Ukraine evoked a wide and authentic support within the Polish society.

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 "communist block". 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.^[28]

• Argentina has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Buenos Aires.^[29]
• List of Treaties ruling the relations Argentina and Poland (Argentine Foreign Ministry, in Spanish)

• Brazil has an embassy in Warsaw.^[30]
• Poland has an embassy in Brasília,^[31] and Consulate Generals in Curitiba and São Paulo.
• Diplomatic relations between Poland and Brazil date back to 1919, and have gone on uninterrupted ever since.^[30] Poland opened a Consulate in Curitiba in 1920.^[32]

• 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.^[33]
• Poland has an embassy in Ottawa and 3 Consulates-General (in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver). Both countries are full members of NATO and OECD.^[34]
• Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about relations with Poland

• Colombia has an embassy in Warsaw.
• Poland has an embassy in Bogotá.^[35]

Historically, relations have generally been close and friendly, characterized by understanding and cooperation on international front.^[36]

• India has an embassy in Warsaw.^[37]
• Poland has an embassy in New Delhi.^[38]

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.

• See also History of the Jews in Poland
• Krzysztof Bojko, Poland’s Relations with the State of Israel, Yearbook of Polish Foreign Policy (English Edition) (01/2006) ^[39]
• Poland Resumes Full Diplomatic Ties With Israel, New York Times, February 28, 1990

The Republic of Poland maintains its embassy in Pyongyang, DPRK maintains its embassy in Warsaw, Poland. As of 2009 the Republic of Poland and the DPRK (North Korea) signed 16 bilateral treaties 12 as the People's Republic of Korea and 4 as the Poland.^[41]

Ahead of the planned performance in the Rzeczpospolita Polska (Republic of Poland) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) Foreign Ministry will hold a workshop on b-boying for local youngsters in Warsaw, Poland on June 11 offering Polish youngsters an opportunity to learn b-boying first-hand and youngsters of the two countries to have special experience of cross-border and cross-language communication through their common interest of dance Foreign relations of South Korea#Europe Foreign relations of the Republic of Korea.^[42]

Malaysia has an embassy in Warsaw,^[43] and Poland has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur and a consulate in Kuching.^[44][45]

• Mexico has an embassy in Warsaw.^[46]
• Poland has an embassy in Mexico City.^[47]
• History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Poland (Spanish)
• Both nations are members of the OECD.

• New Zealand has an embassy in Warsaw.^[48]
• Poland has an embassy in Wellington.^[49]

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".^[50] A high-ranking Russian military official said: "Poland in deploying [the US system] opens itself to a nuclear strike".^[51]

• Poland has an embassy in Washington, D.C. and consulates-general in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York.^[52]
• United States has an embassy in Warsaw and a consulate-general in Kraków.^[53]