The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland welcomes the publication of the second report of the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team (IIT).

- Poland, as ODIHR’s host country, is particularly interested in active and effective functioning of the institution. We are proud to support ODIHR in its mission to enhance democracy and advance human rights in the entire OSCE region - said Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. Zbigniew Rau during his meeting today with Matteo Mecacci, a newly appointed Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Warsaw.

– Today Poland is once again fulfilling its obligation towards those affected by a humanitarian crisis – we are sharing what we can with a country facing problems in the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In response to the Armenian government’s call for humanitarian assistance, we are providing the civilian population affected by armed conflict with urgent material aid: bedding, blankets, towels, digital thermometers, disinfectant liquid, and manometers – said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński on an airlift of humanitarian aid dispatched to Yerevan on 15 April 2021 at Kraków Airport.

“We can see prospects for intensifying cooperation between the countries of V4 and of Central Asia, which can bring us mutual benefits,” underlined Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk during consultations with his counterparts from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The meeting, held in the form of a videoconference, confirmed the need for regular discussions at the forum of the Visegrad Group and Central Asia on current challenges in regional, international and security policy.

“During the pandemic, when air travel has been particularly badly affected by restrictions on movement, the fact the Republic of Peru has signed and ratified the Montreal Protocol No. 3 reminds us that it will be possible to return to normal transport and functioning in the international environment,” said Deputy Minister Piotr Wawrzyk at the ceremony that was held on Wednesday at the MFA headquarters.

On Wednesday, NATO foreign and defence ministers participated in an emergency videoconference of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Afghanistan. Poland was represented by Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.

At the initiative of the US side, Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a telephone conversation on the current issues on the transatlantic agenda. The talks covered, among other issues, NATO’s response to the Russian Federation’s actions in Ukraine and parameters of NATO’s presence in Afghanistan.

“Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises,” was the quote from Jean Monnet that the head of Polish diplomacy used to open his speech during the 6th edition of the international Raisina Dialogue conference. Its theme this year is #ViralWorld: Outbreaks, Outliers and Out of Control.