Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy were the focus of today’s Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg. EU foreign ministers also met with their counterparts from Iceland and Norway to discuss further joint measures to respond to Russian aggression. Poland was represented by Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz acting on behalf of Minister Zbigniew Rau.

On 8 April, Minister Zbigniew Rau met with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia Gordan Grlić Radman. The key issues under discussion were the Russian aggression against Ukraine and bilateral relations in the context of marking the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and Croatia.

Poland strongly condemns yesterday’s terrorist attack in central Tel Aviv. Innocent people have been killed. Attacks and violence must stop immediately.

On the eve of the anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and Slovenia, Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk met with Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia Božena Forštnarič Boroje.

The deputy head of Polish diplomacy visited Lithuania on 7-8 April.

 On 8 April, the head of Polish diplomacy is going to Rzeszów to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the OSCE Troika countries – Sweden, Poland and North Macedonia.  

On 6-7 April, Minister Zbigniew Rau took part in a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, which was held in Brussels. The event was mainly devoted to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the works on the new Strategic Concept, which is to be adopted during this year’s NATO Summit in Madrid. A part of the meeting was also attended by ministers of foreign affairs of Australia, Finland, Georgia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Sweden, and Ukraine, and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.