WARSAW, June 17 (Reuters) - Poland and Germany have signed a bilateral ‌defence agreement, defence ministers of ‌both countries announced on Wednesday, as Warsaw is ​seeking to firm up its alliances at a time when it sees a rising threat from Russia.

• Poland ‌has already ⁠signed defence treaties with France and Britain and is working ⁠on one with Italy.

• "The defence agreement... opens up new areas for cooperation. ​In the ​field of ​cybersecurity, joint responsibility, ‌joint command in the Baltic, new technologies," Poland's Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said during a press conference with Germany's Boris Pistorius.

• "It opens up new opportunities regarding ‌military mobility as well ​as the development of ​infrastructure for ​this mobility between our ‌states."

• The document was ​signed on ​the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Polish–German Treaty of ​Good Neighbourly ‌Relations and Friendly Cooperation.

(Reporting by Anna ​Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Alan Charlish; Editing ​by Ros Russell)