The successful Polish candidate, Ambassador Grzegorz Poznański, will hold the position of Director General of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS).

Today’s video conference of heads of diplomacy of the Visegrad Group countries and Turkey aimed at discussing the current prospects for strengthening economic cooperation in the context of emerging from the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

- Today’s shipment is a gesture of solidarity and cooperation with our partners, particularly with the Eastern Partnership countries. The mutual support that we provide to each other will make the adverse effects of the pandemic easier to overcome and will help us return to the path of growth, - said Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński at Wroclaw airport on 19 June 2020 as he attended the departure of military aircraft loaded with protective equipment for hospitals, doctors and nurses in Armenia and Georgia.

“We want the European Union to be strong, to have an ambitious budget, and to play an important role in foreign politics – in the context of the Western Balkans, relations with Russia, the Eastern Partnership and cooperation with the Middle Eastern countries,” Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said at a meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

Held in Vilnius in a B3+1 format, today’s meeting of Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz with his counterparts from Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, as well as bilateral Polish-Lithuanian talks prove close cooperation between Poland and the countries in the region.

“The aim of our cooperation is to fight cross-border criminal networks and human trafficking, and to enhance the Sahel countries’ resilience to crises,” Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said during today’s video conference of the Coalition for the Sahel, organised by the European Union and the G5 Sahel group. The virtual meeting was attended by over 60 representatives of different countries and international organisations, including the United Nations and the African Union.

“During the pandemic, the EU must send a strong message of support for the Eastern Partnership states and the region,” said Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during the meeting of the EU and Eastern Partnership foreign ministers.

On 15 June, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz will travel to Vilnius to take part in a meeting of heads of diplomacy of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia in the so-called B3+1 format.

This year, 2020, the Visegrad Group (V4) marks 20th anniversary of the foundation of the International Visegrad Fund with its seat in Bratislava, the most significant common organisation within the V4 framework. In hindsight, the successful operation of the International Visegrad Fund has proved both the viability of the Visegrad Group as a platform for sharing civic, cultural, scientific, educational and innovative concepts, and the benefit of the V4 as a space of mutual trust where thoughts, opinions and uncharted ideas can be exchanged and multiplicated in a truly frank and open “European” manner.

“Please feel invited for a virtual trip round our country with the new websites and the campaign. We want to encourage people abroad to get to know Poland and visit us once it is possible,” said Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk at a press briefing.