Poland considers the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as central to the non-proliferation system and one of the most important pillars of global security. The strength and significance of the Treaty is confirmed by its universal nature, as it has been signed and ratified by 191 countries. NPT also enjoys the unambiguous support of NATO Allies and all European Union Member States.

We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as well as the Estonian Undersecretary for European Affairs, having paid a joint visit to North Macedonia and Albania on 3-5 March 2020, express our determined and unequivocal support for the European aspirations of the Western Balkan states and the firm, merit-based prospect of their full European Union membership.

Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, together with his Lithuanian and Latvian counterparts, Linas Linkevičius and Edgars Rinkēvičs, as well as Estonia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Märt Volmer, paid a joint visit to Tirana on 4 and 5 March. As was the case with the preceding visit to North Macedonia, its main purpose was to give strong support to Albania’s European aspirations and to an early launch of its accession negotiations with the EU.

Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz, together with his counterparts of Lithuania – Linas Linkevičius and Latvia – Edgars Rinkēvičs, as well as Estonia’s MFA Undersecretary Märt Volmer, paid a joint visit to Skopje.

On 3-5 March 2020 Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will pay a visit to North Macedonia and Albania. At the invitation of Polish chief of diplomacy, Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs as well as deputy minister of Estonia Märt Volmer will join the visit.

- We are currently going through difficult times and most likely in the nearest future there will be even more challenges to overcome. It is only by staying together and nurturing our precious political relations and friendship that we can solve the issues facing us - emphasised Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński while opening the 4th edition of the Polish-British Belvedere Forum in London held on 3-4 March 2020.

Today, on behalf of the Polish President, Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has presented Jakub Kumoch with his nomination to the position of Polish Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey.

Cooperation after Brexit as well as global and transatlantic issues were the main points discussed during the deputy minister’s visit to Great Britain on 27-28 February.

On 28 February, the Department of Economic Cooperation (DEC) at the Polish MFA, together with the Polish Information Processing Society, organised a meeting on business opportunities for Polish IT companies in connection with projects run by international organisations within the UN system.

“Sudan is one of Poland’s key partners in Africa, and our bilateral relations have flourished in recent years. We applaud the process of significant peaceful transition in Sudan that was launched in 2019,” Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang said during today’s meeting with his Sudanese counterpart, State Minister in Sudan’s foreign office, Omer G. Ismail.