“Migration management system in Europe should be based on secure EU external borders, cooperation with third countries, effective returns and preventing secondary movements,” said Minister Konrad Szymański during a meeting with Minister for European Affairs of Greece Miltiadis Varvitsiotis.

“In this crisis situation we need to stay united within the transatlantic community,” said Minister Czaputowicz summarising the session of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), which was urgently summoned in Brussels on Friday.

The recent developments in Iraq, rising tensions in the US-Iran relations, and Iran’s further steps violating the 2015 nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) will be discussed by the Foreign Affairs Council that will hold an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Friday. The Polish delegation will be headed by Minister Jacek Czaputowicz.

Poland strongly condemns the attack and storming of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad which started on December 31, 2019.

“I am happy that the theses touch on latest developments in foreign policy,” said Minister Jacek Czaputowicz while presenting awards in a competition for the best master’s thesis on contemporary international relations. The award ceremony was held today at the MFA headquarters.

We are concerned and disbelieving to note the statements made by representatives of the Russian Federation authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, about the causes and course of the Second World War.

At its meeting today, the working group for polar affair (the so-called Polar Task Force) discussed efficient polar policy management, challenges related to sea and ocean pollution, effective digital diplomacy tools in promoting Poland’s polar policy and new international initiatives of Polish scientists.

During a meeting with representatives of several ministries, the deputy head of Polish diplomacy outlined the achievements of Poland’s presidency of the Berlin Process, particularly the results of the Poznan Summit held in July 2019.