“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.

Somali non-governmental organisation the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre (EPHRC) has been awarded the Pro Dignitate Humana 2020 prize. One of the organisation’s most important achievements is successfully counteracting radicalisation and brutal religious extremism.

“The fundamental issue now is that the Belarusian authorities should embark on a genuine dialogue with representatives of a broad spectrum of Belarusian society to resolve the country’s current acute political crisis,” said the chief of Polish diplomacy during a meeting with Belarusian activists involved in initiating democratic change in Belarus.

Jacek Czaputowicz held telephone calls with representatives of Albania, Slovakia and Sweden – countries that currently make up the OSCE Troika – to talk about the situation in Belarus.

“I hope that the memorandum will allow us to bring direct help to persecuted religious groups, Christians in particular, as well as all other denominations. We will support them and act to raise global awareness of the growing scale of violations of a fundamental human right: the right to freedom of religion and belief,” said Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński in Budapest.

“The future of Belarus is in the hands of its citizens,” said Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during his today’s phone talk with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the icon of fight for a democratic change in Belarus. The chief of Polish diplomacy informed her about the main parameters of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s “Solidarity with Belarus” plan announced on Friday, 14 August.

On 15 August 2020 we solemnly celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw – a culminating point of the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1920) and one of the most decisive events in the history of Poland, Europe, and the world.