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21.05.2022Minister Zbigniew Rau to inaugurate Second Preparatory Meeting of 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental ForumOn 23-24 May 2022, Łódź will host the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. The main topic of the forum will be “Promoting security and stability in the OSCE area through sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic”. The opening session of the event will be attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid.
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20.05.2022Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visits DublinOn 19-20 May 2022, Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visited Dublin to meet with Irish Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne as well as with Ukrainian Ambassador Larysa Gerasko and a group of TDs and senators of the Irish Parliament (the Oireachtas). The deputy chief of Polish diplomacy also met with representatives of the Polish community organisations in Dublin.
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19.05.2022Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk takes part in celebrations marking 78th anniversary of Battle of Monte CassinoOn 18 May 2022, a delegation of Polish officials commemorated Polish soldiers killed in the Battle of Monte Cassino. Headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Culture and National Heritage Piotr Gliński, the delegation included Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk, Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Małgorzata Gosiewska, and Deputy Minister of Education and Science Tomasz Rzymkowski.
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16.05.2022Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relating to the declaration of Finland and Sweden about their intention to join NATOPoland welcomes Finnish and Swedish governments’ decision to apply for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation membership. This historic step confirms the radical change in the security situation in Europe as a result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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16.05.2022Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz attends EU Foreign Affairs Council in BrusselsRussia’s aggression against Ukraine and the relations between the EU and the Western Balkan countries were the focus of today’s Foreign Affairs Council session. The foreign ministers also met with their counterparts from the Western Balkans and the head of Canadian diplomacy as part of the EU-Canada Joint Ministerial Committee. Poland was represented by Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz acting on behalf of Minister Zbigniew Rau.
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15.05.2022Head of the Foreign Service visits LisbonThe purpose of the visit was to talk with Álvaro Mendonça e Moura, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Portugal and José de Freitas Ferraz, Director of the Diplomatic Institute, about the functioning and diplomatic training of the Portuguese foreign service.
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13.05.2022Statement by the Spokespersons of the Foreign Ministries of France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden"We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Israeli Higher Planning Council to advance plans for the construction of more than 4.000 housing units in the West Bank. We urge the Israeli authorities to reverse this decision.
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13.05.2022Secretary of State Piotr Wawrzyk meets with representative of UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Poland Marin Din KajdomcajOn 13 May, Secretary of State Piotr Wawrzyk met with the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Poland Marin Din Kajdomcaj.
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13.05.2022Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz’s two-day visit to Ottawa“I have spoken with Canadian partners about boosting aid for Poland and Ukraine by way of closer cooperation, both humanitarian and military, on the North Atlantic Alliance’s eastern flank. I have been very well received by Canadian partners, whose many words of gratitude and recognition are what I would like to convey to Poland as a proof that our country has been on the right path with its efforts,” Deputy Minister Marcin Przydacz highlighted during his visit to Ottawa on 12-13 May.
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12.05.2022Minister Rau takes part in 33rd session of FAO Regional Conference for Europe“We are aware that food security has become one of the most urgent problems in international politics in recent years,” Poland’s chief diplomat said in a media briefing he gave together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Henryk Kowalczyk.