Held in Prague on 2 December, the meeting is organised as part of the Czech presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4).

Heads of the V4 diplomacies used the working meeting in Prague to hold informal talks.

“Unstable Europe, disturbed transatlantic relations, emotional roller coaster and frustration in the East, as well as Russia’s aggressive policy shape the environment in which we pursue our eastern policy. The main objective of Poland’s foreign policy is therefore national security, regional cooperation, including collaboration within the Eastern Partnership, as well as bilateral relations with Eastern European countries,” Undersecretary of State at the Polish MFA Marcin Przydacz said while launching Polish Eastern Policy 2019 conference.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki presented new deputy foreign ministers with their nominations.

“The Polish community expects the authorities to lend more support to the teaching of the Polish language among the Polish minority in Germany,” Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said after his meeting with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin.

A meeting with chief of German diplomacy Heiko Maas and a speech during the Weimar Transatlantic Forum will be the highlights of Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacek Czaputowicz’s visit to Berlin on 25-26 November 2019.

The future financial architecture for development and neighbourhood and the EU’s support for African countries in transition were the main topics discussed at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on Monday attended by Undersecretary of State at the MFA Marcin Przydacz.

“An ambitious budget for cohesion policy and the Common Agricultural Policy are key challenges facing us. Current priorities cannot be replaced with new ones,” said Minister Konrad Szymański during a meeting with Minister for European Affairs of the Italian Republic Vincenzo Amendola.

“The transatlantic ties are key to NATO’s credibility and strength. At the same time, we should develop the European defence capabilities, because we agree that the European allies can contribute to collective security in a better way,” said Minister Czaputowicz at a meeting of NATO’s ministers of foreign affairs.

“We have a unique opportunity for an in-depth and sincere discussion on the painful past, but most of all, on what we can do today, what challenges we are facing, what kind of truth we will pass to the next generations,“ said Secretary of State Szynkowski vel Sęk opening a seminar in Palmiry near Warsaw. The objective of the event was to promote activities undertaken to commemorate the site and victims of Nazi concentration camp in Gusen.