- The Kingdom of Bahrain is one of Poland’s close partners in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East. We see prospects for closer economic and trade cooperation, particularly in new sectors - said Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński during bilateral political consultations held by video conference today.

The ministers’ talks focused on political relations between our countries in the bilateral dimension and as part of multilateral cooperation. “We share common values, principles and interests, including the promotion of effective multilateralism based on the global order. These are foundations that should help us make full use of the existing huge potential of our relations. Official high-level visits could provide a strong political impetus for our cooperation in many sectors,” said Minister Rau.

“The purpose of my visit was to reaffirm our policy that Ukraine is not alone in defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and inviolability of its borders and that Ukraine has every reason to defend itself. An independent, secure Ukraine is an inalienable part of a Europe that remains true to the fundamental principles of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, whose 30th anniversary we recently celebrated.

- Relations between Poland and Estonia are living proof that working remotely doesn’t mean working any less efficiently. This is demonstrated, for example, by the fact that in the year 2020, so affected by the pandemic, trade between our two countries not only did not shrink but actually grew by four percent, largely because of the digital economy - said Foreign Minister Professor Zbigniew Rau in his opening remarks to today’s Poland-Estonia Virtual Business Forum.

UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed Ambassador Joanna Wronecka, Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations in New York, as UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon. Her main tasks will include coordinating UN actions in Lebanon.

“International community has to enhance its efforts to eradicate terrorist groups, especially Daesh,” said Minister Zbigniew Rau at a virtual meeting of foreign ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Small Group.

- We are listening attentively to the expectations of Polish exporters and investors. Today’s agreement with the Polish Chamber of Commerce will allow better use of synergies between our institutions, helping us to even further strengthen the potential of Polish companies in foreign markets. Formalising our cooperation will also make it possible to promote Poland’s brand more effectively - stressed Deputy Minister Jabłoński at a ceremony to sign the cooperation agreement on supporting the promotion of the Polish economy. On behalf of the Polish Chamber of Commerce the document was signed by Marek Kłoczko, its Vice President-Director General.

On 24 March 2021, the International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) was set up. Poland is one of the initiators of the IAPB.

On 24 March 2021, the UN Human Rights Council established a new international mechanism aiming to ensure accountability for violations of human rights in Belarus, which occurred in the country in connection with the 2020 presidential election.