FRG Cooperation Council Chair Henryka Mościcka-Dendys meets with German government's coordinator for cooperation with Poland
02.10.2026
Head of the Foreign Service and Director General of the MFA, Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, acting in her capacity as the Chair of the Council for Cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany, met in Warsaw with Knut Abraham, the German government's coordinator of German-Polish intersocietal and cross-border cooperation. The talks focused on bilateral relations, security, the development of infrastructure links, economic cooperation, and historical dialogue.
The meeting was held on 2 October. Separately, a broader discussion took place with representatives from the ministries of the Interior and Administration, Culture and National Heritage, Infrastructure, Energy, Climate and Environment, as well as Education. The interlocutors agreed that the arrangements adopted during the Polish–German intergovernmental consultations in Berlin on 1 December 2025 should be consistently implemented. They stressed the importance of joint measures to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank and emphasised the urgency to improve Poland-bound transport links.
“We need road and rail connectivity that is fit for the 21st century. It is crucial for not only people-to-people contacts or economic cooperation, but also enhanced military mobility,” said Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, the Chair of the Council for Cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany.
Historical issues, including the commemoration of the Poles who perished during World War II and the restitution of the looted cultural goods, were also high on the agenda. The matter of teaching the Polish language in Germany was discussed as well.
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The Council for Cooperation with the Federal Republic of Germany is an auxiliary consultative body established by the Order no. 6 of the President of the Council of Ministers of 23 January 2026 (“Monitor Polski” Official Gazette of 2026, item 136). On 30 January 2026, Henryka Mościcka-Dendys was designated as the Chair of the Council.
The Council is composed of representatives of selected ministries: the Ministry of Development and Technology, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of National Education, the Ministry of Infrastructure, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The chair of the Polish limb of the Polish–German Intergovernmental Commission for Regional and Cross-Border Cooperation and, optionally, the chair of the Polish–German Parliamentary Group also take part in the Council’s work.