The UK and Poland co-operate closely on defence matters. On these pages you can read more about these activities and the work of the Defence Section at the British Embassy in Warsaw, headed by our Defence Attaché.

The Defence Attaché at the British Embassy in Warsaw represents the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS). He is an army officer working alongside Foreign and Commonwealth Office colleagues.

His main tasks are:

• Maintain the bilateral defence relationship that exists between the British and Polish Armed Forces. 
  
• Provide military advice to the Ambassador on all matters concerning the British and Polish Armed Forces.
  
• Provide in conjunction with UKTI  assistance to British Defence companies wishing to conduct business in Poland.