“Today’s meeting of our delegations chaired by the Polish and Spanish prime ministers reaffirms the strategic character of relations between our countries,” said Minister Zbigniew Rau at the beginning of his meeting with Arancha González Laya, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Spain, which was held in Alcalá de Henares.

Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held bilateral consultation on issues of common interest.

“Strengthening the resilience of partners struggling with Russia’s aggression is in the EU’s strategic interest,” said Minister Zbigniew Rau during an informal meeting of foreign ministers of the EU member states, held in the Gymnich formula on 26-27 May 2021 in Lisbon.

- Tunisia is Poland’s important partner with whom we would like to develop good and friendly relations in all fields - said Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński during talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Mohamed Ali Nafti. The main topics of the online meeting were bilateral economic and political cooperation as well as sharing experiences related to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Poland supports European integration of the Western Balkans. We strongly advocate that accession negotiations with both North Macedonia and Albania should be launched as soon as possible,” emphasised Minister Zbigniew Rau on opening the meeting with Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia.

On 23 May 2021, Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz urgently summoned chargé d’affaires of the Republic of Belarus, Aliaksandr Chasnouski to the MFA. The meeting was requested to express Poland’s firm protest against forcing a civilian Ryanair jetliner belonging to a company registered in the Republic of Poland to land.

On 21 May 2021, the chief of Polish diplomacy took part in the 131st session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Political consultations held by deputy chief of Polish diplomacy Marcin Przydacz and his Ukrainian counterpart Vasyl Bodnar reaffirmed the intensity of relations between the two countries. They also naturally addressed issues discussed during the recent meeting of Polish and Ukrainian Presidents that took place in Warsaw to mark the 230th anniversary of adopting the Constitution of 3 May.

Since many months independent media outlets in Belarus have been continuously suppressed. Repression against journalists, who strive to do their job legitimately, is prevailing.