On 4-5 November, MFA Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visited Madrid. The main item on the agenda was political consultations with Juan González-Barba, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain. The officials discussed bilateral relations and exchanged views on the European Neighbourhood Policy, enlargement policy, and the future of Europe.

On 3 November, MFA Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visited Tirana and Belgrade. In Albania, he held political consultations with Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Megi Fino.

On 28-29 October, the deputy head of Polish diplomacy held a number of meetings in Geneva to discuss the crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border. He focused on possible ways to solve the crisis and provide humanitarian aid to irregular migrants on the territory of Belarus.

On Thursday, 28 October 2021, the military airfield in Warsaw witnessed a ceremonious dispatch of a humanitarian transport to Romania. The event was attended by representatives of institutions involved in preparing the transport, namely, Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska, President of the Government Agency for Strategic Reserves Michał Kuczmierowski, and Col. Konrad Korpowski, Head of the Government Centre for Security.

“We believe that our joint actions should first of all centre around solving global challenges we are all facing such as climate change mitigation, migration flows, progress in sustainable development, and poverty reduction, as well as combating terrorism,” said Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz in his address during the EU-AU ministerial meeting in Kigali on 25 October 2021.

On 27 October 2021, Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk attended – in place of Minister Zbigniew Rau – a meeting of the Bucharest Nine (B9) top diplomats. Estonia, the host of this year’s meeting, also invited high-ranking representatives of the US Department of State and NATO Headquarters to take part in the event.

In response to Tunisia’s growing demand for medical and personal protective equipment necessary to fight against Covid-19, Poland provided it with corresponding humanitarian aid. The shipment comprised 78 ventilators, 50 cardiac monitors, and 500 pulse oximeters.