Today, Minister Jacek Czaputowicz has presented Marcin Przydacz with his nomination as undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The new MFA deputy chief will be responsible for eastern policy, development cooperation, and economic diplomacy.

“We reiterated our will to intensify bilateral political, economic, cultural and scientific cooperation and people-to-people contacts,” emphasized Jacek Czaputowicz at a meeting with Spain’s top diplomat Josep Borrell Fontelles.

On 19 March 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg heard cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-625/18 the National Council of the Judiciary and others.

“Indonesia plays an important role in Southeast Asia. We hope to be able to forge closer cooperation between Asian and European countries in the UN Security Council,” said Deputy Minister Piotr Wawrzyk during his talks with Director General at the Indonesian MFA Muhammad Anshor.

EU-China relations ahead of the EU-China summit to be held on 9 April 2019, and the developments in Moldova and Yemen were the main items on the agenda of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting at the Foreign Affairs Council today in Brussels.

“Poland and Lithuania share a common vision of the future multiannual financial framework post-2020. Our countries should continue to work closely together during negotiations, including as part of the Friends of Cohesion Group,” Deputy Minister Konrad Szymański said during his today’s meeting with First Deputy Chancellor of the Lithuanian Government Deividas Matulionis.

On Monday, 18 March, in Brussels, the Polish foreign minister will attend a Foreign Affairs Council meeting (FAC).

On 16 March 2019, Poland takes over the six-month presidency of the Community of Democracies.

Chief of Polish diplomacy Jacek Czaputowicz delivered Information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on Polish foreign policy tasks in 2019 at the Sejm.

“Europe needs to adapt and to reform. The new European consensus should be based on the development of the single market, on a defence policy pursued in consultation with NATO, on a new migration policy that rules out relocations and focuses on external aspects, and maybe on a reformed industry policy. Europe needs to prove once again that it is the key to European prosperity and security,” said Deputy Minister Konrad Szymański at the 8th edition of the London School of Economics Polish Economic Forum.