On Friday, MFA Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz took part in an informal UN Security Council meeting on the situation of human rights in Belarus, organised in an Arria formula.

- One of the priorities of Polish development cooperation with Ukraine is to support victims of the conflict in Donbas, - said Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński who took part in exercises run by Polish specialists for Ukrainian psychiatrists and psychologists.

Today, Minister Zbigniew Rau handed Prof. Michał Kleiber his nomination for the position of president of the Polish National Commission for UNESCO.

“The COVID-19 pandemic strengthens the importance of regional cooperation formats, both formal, like V4 and less formal, such as the Three Seas Initiative,” underlined the chief of Polish diplomacy during the Strategic Forum in Bled.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce the list of winners of “My most interesting online meeting with Poland,” a competition organised as part of the “Poland at your home” campaign. The competition welcomed the youngest members of the Polish community abroad: children and young people aged 7-18. The competition, together with the invitation to use the online offer prepared by Polish cultural institutions, was the MFA’s response to the current situation in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and its restrictions. 172 works from 32 countries made it to the final stage, selected by Polish diplomatic and consular missions.

- Effective engagement in assisting Belarus will be the benchmark of the EU’s ambition to be an important global actor, - said Minister Zbigniew Rau during an informal meeting of the EU foreign ministers in the Gymnich formula in Berlin on 27-28 August 2020.

“The COVID-19 pandemic caused border closures and air traffic suspension between many countries. It does not, however, exempt Polish authorities from obligations arising from our history and tradition to enable our nationals to return to Poland,” said today MFA Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk while greeting repatriates from Kazakhstan.

On Wednesday, 26 August 2020, Prof. Zbigniew Rau received the appointment from the hands of the President of Poland Andrzej Duda. At the MFA headquarters, the previous Foreign Minister Prof. Jacek Czaputowicz ceremonially handed over the office to his successor.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an important strategic partner for Poland in the Persian Gulf and in the Middle East.We are very satisfied with the overall intensity of our bilateral contacts at the political level and their recent development,” Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said during today’s meeting with Mohammed Maziad al-Tuwaijri, Advisor for economic and international affairs at the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia. The meeting discussed the state and prospects of bilateral relations and cooperation of the Polish side with the Saudi G20 Presidency.