“Joint declaration ‘Towards a strategic partnership of Poland and Mexico’ signed in April 2017 during President Andrzej Duda’s visit to Mexico is a good point of departure for enhancing bilateral cooperation,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang in a meeting with his Mexican counterpart Julian Ventura Valero.

EU-Africa relations, promoting and protecting human rights in the world, and the effectiveness of the Common Foreign and Security Policy were the main topics at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

On 10 December 2019, the Polish top diplomat will visit the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Each year, 10 December marks Human Rights Day, which falls on the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. This year’s theme is Youth Standing Up for Human Rights, which reflects the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

“North Macedonia deserves green light to open negotiations to join the European Union based on the implemented reforms and the good neighbourly relations it pursues. We expect this decision from the European Council,” said Deputy Minister Szynkowski vel Sęk during his visit to North Macedonia, during which he summarised Polish presidency of the Berlin Process and took part in political consultations with North Macedonia’s representatives.

On Monday, 9 December, the Polish foreign minister will participate in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

On Friday, 6 December, the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oswiecim to mark the 10th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. It was Angela Merkel’s first visit to the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp after her 14 years in office and the third visit of an incumbent head of government.

“We want this visit to focus on the economic aspects of our cooperation and to lead to the opening of new chapters in our bilateral agenda,” said the MFA undersecretary of state during a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Norihiro Nakayama.