“Currently, the Coalition’s most important task is further stabilisation of Iraqi and Syrian territories set free from Daesh influence, taking into consideration the new challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Minister Jacek Czaputowicz on a Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh Small Group’s videoconference.

Poland supports its neighbours again in their fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. Today, another humanitarian aid convoy of over 40 trucks sets off to Belarus, carrying in total 300 tonnes of protective equipment and supplies. It is an unprecedented and the largest assistance that Poland has dispatched to the countries affected with the coronavirus pandemic.

“In times of crisis, the concepts of region and regional cooperation gain particular importance. We need this kind of cooperation, for instance, to re-establish international connections which have got interrupted due to the pandemic,” emphasised the chief of Polish diplomacy during talks with his Slovak counterpart in Bratislava.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it. Rapid mitigation of its effects will be one of key tasks for the European community. Poland will also focus on this challenge during its upcoming presidency of the V4 group,” declared Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during the video conference that brought together the heads of diplomacy of the V4 and Nordic-Baltic Eight. The event was organised within the framework of the Czech presidency of the Visegrad Group.

On 5 June 2020, the chief of Poland’s diplomacy plans to visit Slovakia to meet with his counterpart Ivan Korčok, the Slovak Foreign Minister.

Minister Jacek Czaputowicz held a phone conversation with Israel’s newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabi Ashkenazi.

The prospects for strengthening bilateral cooperation, the current situation in both countries triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as regional and international issues were the topics discussed today by Minister Czaputowicz and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde.

“Poland develops close cooperation with the Baltic States at this difficult time for Europe and the whole world. This is a test of our solidarity and today’s meeting shows that we want to solve any problems together and in the necessary coordination,” ensured the head of Polish diplomacy.

New agreement means both Polish and British citizens can continue to stand and vote in local elections in each other’s countries.

-The European Union must speak with one voice in its relationship with a partner as strong as China, - said Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during a video conference of EU foreign ministers.