“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.

The head of Polish diplomacy Jacek Czaputowicz will take part in the autumn session of NATO ministers of foreign affairs that will be held on 20 November 2019 in Brussels.

“From the moment of establishing diplomatic relations 29 years ago, Poland and Oman have maintained friendly relations which we would like to intensify in the nearest future by increasing the frequency of political contacts and invigorating the economic exchange,” said Deputy Minister Maciej Lang during a meeting with Omani Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs Khalifa bin Ali bin Issa Al-Harithy.

“Poland has traditionally been interested in and committed to the promotion and protection of the rights of the child both internationally – at the UN, the Council of Europe and the European Union – and nationally,” emphasised Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcin Przydacz launching the 13th Warsaw Seminar titled “Rights of the Child in the Light of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

On 20 November at the 40th Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris Poland was elected a member of UNESCO’s Executive Board. Other newly elected states from our electoral group are: Russia, Serbia and Hungary.

The chief of Polish diplomacy was invited to a ceremony in Bratislava marking the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has celebrated the day of diplomacy for the eleventh time. The Foreign Service Day was marked on 15-16 November. On the first day, MFA staff met with the Polish President and on the second, open day, the inhabitants of Warsaw could learn the behind-the-scene of MFA work.

Poland, the United States and Romania convened the Warsaw Process Missile Proliferation working group in Bucharest on November 14-15.