“Our meeting proves that the dialogue between Poland and Hungary is very intensive,” stressed the chief of Polish diplomacy during his talks with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó. The ministers focused on the development of bilateral cooperation and the exchange of experience on vaccination against COVID-19.

Another in a series of Poland-initiated webinars on the developments in Belarus brought together nearly 700 participants and viewers. The event was launched by Foreign Ministers of Poland - Zbigniew Rau, France - Jean-Yves Le Drian, Lithuania - Gabrielius Landsbergis, and Romania - Bogdan Aurescu, as well as Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

"Poland received with concern the media reports on the massacre that was supposed to take place at the end of last year in front of the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum in the Ethiopian province of Tigray" Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński emphasized during a virtual meeting with the ambassador designate of Ethiopia to Poland, Mulu Solomon.

Climate and energy diplomacy, a discussion with the foreign minister of Japan on the situation in Asia, and EU-UK cooperation in foreign and security policy were on the agenda of the FAC meeting in Brussels on Monday.

On Friday, 22 January 2021, Minister Zbigniew Rau attended an informal meeting of the UN Security Council on media freedom in Belarus.

The talks between Minister Rau and his Chinese counterpart focused on plans to boost the two countries’ bilateral and multilateral cooperation in 2021. Minister Rau sought a further opening-up of the Chinese market to Polish manufacturers and investors.

On 22 January 2021, Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński took part in a teleconference with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, attended by representatives of foreign ministries of the EU member states, as well as Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

Poland is deeply concerned with the news of the massacre of civilians, which was supposed to take place at the end of last year in front of the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Aksum in the Ethiopian province of Tigray.