“As a member of the international community, Poland acts with responsibility and solidarity – we respond to the most urgent problems and crises across the world. By providing assistance to countries particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, we not only offer direct support to their citizens but also seek to ensure global health security,” said Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński on the day Poland’s humanitarian aid transport was dispatched to India.

On 7 May 2021, the heads of diplomacy of the V4 countries and Japan met in Warsaw under Poland’s presidency of the Visegrad Group. Hosted by Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and held in the V4+Japan format, the meeting took place on the second day of the Japanese foreign minister’s visit to Poland.

“Our frequent contacts confirm the positive dynamics of Polish-Czech bilateral relations as well as the efficiency of our cooperation at the regional and international level. As close partners and neighbours, we can engage in a constructive dialogue also on difficult issues in bilateral relations, such as the mutual status of diplomatic properties or the Turów coal mine,” said Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau during bilateral talks with his Czech counterpart Jakub Kulhánek.

On the first day of his visit to Poland, Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met with Minister Zbigniew Rau. The heads of diplomacies of Poland and Japan addressed, among others, the state of bilateral relations and international situation, both in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific region.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs announces a contest for the best foreign language publication promoting the history of Poland and the best Polish language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy. The contest welcomes works which were published in 2020. Historians can submit their works until 15 August 2021.

When on 3 May 1791 the Four-Year Sejm also called the Great Sejm adopted The Government Act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth later known as the Constitution of 3 May, the Polish-Lithuanian state became the Europe’s first and the world’s second that passed the basic law. For its time, it was a progressive and bold legal act which initiated a number of reforms. It also constituted a crowning achievement of the centuries-old links between Poland and Lithuania. Today as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of adopting the Constitution of 3 May by the last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanisław August Poniatowski, it is worth mentioning that it is the May Constitution that introduced, among other things, the principle of the tripartite separation of power, and reformed the existing political system ensuring more equal treatment of all nationalities within the Commonwealth. The Constitution also expressed the nation’s will to defend Poland’s independence following its first partition by Austria, Prussia and Russia in 1772.

The Day of Polish Community and Poles Abroad was established in recognition of the historical contribution of diaspora communities to the national objectives of the country of their forefathers. Celebrated jointly with Polish Flag Day, it is intended to encourage Poles to reflect on the glorious pages of the country’s past.

“We appreciate the strategic importance of the European Neighbourhood Policy. Its eastern dimension, that is the Eastern Partnership, invariably remains one of the pillars and priorities of Poland’s eastern policy. For Poland, as for other Visegrad Group countries, keeping the Eastern Partnership high on the EU agenda has always been important due to its role in stabilising and promoting economic progress in Eastern Europe. Together we invest in development, security and stability in the region,” said Minister Zbigniew Rau during the meeting of the heads of diplomacy of the Visegrad Group and the Eastern Partnership.

Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary have displayed solidarity and reliability as regards meeting their obligations as the NATO members and the contribution to our common security,” underlined Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, MFA’s Deputy Secretary of State and the Government Plenipotentiary for the Polish Presidency of the Visegrad Group.

On 29 April 2021, Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk held a videoconference with Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, the Secretary-General of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.