- The cooperation agreement concluded today between the MFA and the Polish Economic Institute is another step towards strengthening the international potential of Polish economy and the presence of Polish companies on foreign markets - said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński during the signing ceremony. On behalf of the Polish Economic Institute the document was signed by its Director, Piotr Arak.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs received information about the detention of a Polish journalist in Myanmar, which was confirmed by the Polish consul in Bangkok in cooperation with the German consul in Myanmar (under EU law, Germany provides consular assistance to unrepresented Polish citizens in Myanmar).

“Poland does not, and will not, recognise the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Crimea is Ukraine,” said the MFA undersecretary of state at a video conference on Friday.

On 12 March 2021, originals of international agreements were displayed at the MFA seat located at 2 Krywulta Street. The documents included the original of the Treaty of Riga of 18 March 1921 which ended the Polish-Bolshevik war. Also presented to the public were the original of the alliance treaty between the Second Polish Republic and Romania (signed on 3 March 1921) and ratification documents (featuring Marshal Józef Piłsudski’s signature) of the Polish-French alliance (concluded on 19 February 1921).

On 10 March 2021, chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus Aliaksandr Chasnouski was handed a diplomatic note stating that a member of staff of the embassy had been declared persona non grata. The note also obliged the staff to leave the territory of the Republic of Poland by midnight, 12 March.

"This year we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and Cyprus. I would like to express satisfaction that through all these years we have developed strong ties of friendship, and our cooperation, both bilateral and within the EU, has been successful.”

On 10 March 2021, a meeting of directors of Polish Institutes was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the form of a video conference. The session was attended by Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk.

On 9 March, Minister Zbigniew Rau held a phone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi.

Today’s talks of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Poland Mira Sun focused on economic cooperation between Poland and the Republic of Korea, including in particular energy and infrastructure investment projects.

Bilateral cooperation, transatlantic relations, Eastern and security policy, and the pandemic-related challenges were the main topics of Polish-Norwegian consultations held in the form of a videoconference.