During today’s meeting with India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the head of Polish diplomacy emphasised that India is one of Poland’s key economic partners in Asia. Minister Rau expressed his hope that restoring bilateral trade, particularly exports from Poland, after the COVID-19 pandemic will be of lasting nature.

On 25-27 April, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will visit India. This will be the first visit of a Polish foreign minister to India in nine years. It comes during Poland’s OSCE chairmanship, with the main purpose to take part in the Raisina Dialogue international conference on 25-26 April.

On 22 April, Minister Zbigniew Rau took part in the third round of Polish-Slovak intergovernmental consultations, speaking with Slovakia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Ivan Korčok. Led by PM Mateusz Morawiecki and PM Eduard Heger, the consultations also included meetings of the ministers for climate, economy, the interior, transport, regional policy, agriculture, and family and social policy. A Joint Declaration was signed to condemn Russia’s unprecedented attack on Ukraine and provide a roadmap for cooperation between Poland and Slovakia in the coming months.

Polish-Bulgarian consultations were held in Warsaw on 19 April between Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Irena Dimitrova.

On 20 April, The Hague hosted a meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland Zbigniew Rau and Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra. The talks focused on Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences as well as on sanctions against Russia.

On 20 April, invited by the Czech side, Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz joined Secretary of State Marcin Ociepa of the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland to take part in deputy ministerial level consultations in Prague. The Czech delegation was headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Povejšil and Deputy Minster for Defence Policy and Strategy Jan Havránek of the Czech Ministry of Defence. The participants were received at the seat of the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Czernin Palace, by the country’s top diplomat, Jan Lipavský.

On 14 April, Secretary of State at the MFA Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visited Rome where he met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Benedetto Della Vedova, Undersecretary for European Affairs at the Prime Minister’s Office Vincenzo Amendola, and Senator Adolfo Urso, head of Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic.