On 24 July, the first interministerial Poland–U.S. consultations were held after Poland joined the coalition of states for preventing the illegal use of commercial spyware.

Secretary of State at the Polish MFA Andrzej Szejna took part in political consultations with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa. The Polish delegation was headed by Deputy Minister Szejna and included representatives of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, and business circles.

After a five-year break, the Ministry of Foreign Affaires resumes the Jerzy Giedroyć Competition for the best research papers on Polish-Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Polish relations. The initiative is being implemented by the Polish Institute in Kyiv in cooperation with the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw, and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv.

A committee chaired by Poland’s former president Lech Wałęsa has decided to award this year’s relaunched Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize to Pavel Latushka, a Belarusian opposition activist and deputy head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus.

During the last session of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 22 July in Brussels, Poland presented a document highlighting the importance of strategic communication in transatlantic relations.

During the meeting, the EU foreign ministers focused on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East. The ministers also held an informal discussion with President of the European Investment Bank Nadia Calviño.

Today in Warsaw, Minister Radosław Sikorski met with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry. Bilateral issues and regional safety were the main topics of conversation.

When visiting New York on 15–18 July, Minister Wiśniewski spoke during the general debate of the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and in the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). He also opened an accompanying event co-organised by Poland concerning the role of resilient infrastructure in ensuring food security.

Poland’s candidate for the position of ASEF executive director, Ambassador Beata Stoczyńska, was endorsed by the ASEF Board of Governors during the meeting of ASEF member states’ representatives on 11–12 July. Mr Zhang Lei of China was appointed her deputy. The changes in the Foundation’s board are to take place in autumn this year, after the term of the incumbent Foundation’s director, Ambassador Toru Morikawa, has ended.

During the visit to Washington, the Foreign Minister participated in 'Europe's Security After the Washington Summit' panel, organised by the Minister's former workplace, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).