On 9 March, Minister Zbigniew Rau met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Carlos Alberto Franco França. The Brazilian diplomat visited Poland in connection with a delivery of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and a coordination of how Brazilian citizens are being evacuated to their homeland.

On Thursday, 10 March, Minister Zbigniew Rau spoke by phone with Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The talks were a continuation of Polish-Saudi political dialogue.

World’s diplomatic training institutions speak with one voice, condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine, call Russia for withdrawal from military operations and urge a peaceful resolution by diplomatic means.

On 8 March, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau met in Warsaw with Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès.

On 7 March, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz met with Deputy Minister of Human Mobility of the Republic of Ecuador Luis Vayas Valdivieso. The purpose of the Ecuadorian representative’s visit to Poland is to coordinate the evacuation of Ecuador’s citizens to their home country.

Minister Zbigniew Rau met with a bipartisan delegation from the US Congress, mostly composed of members of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, among whom was Congressman Gregory Meeks, the committee’s chair. The meeting was held in Rzeszów on 5 March.

On 5 March in Rzeszów, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the initiative of the US side.

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched an armed attack on Ukraine. In doing so, in spite of peace efforts, it triggered an international armed conflict that has shaken the foundations of the contemporary international community and international law.