In a next round of phone conversations, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski spoke on Friday with his Spanish and Romanian counterparts.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that, in accordance with arrangements with the Prime Minister and in agreement with the Minister for the European Affairs, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the European Union Andrzej Sadoś was recalled to Poland and exempt from the obligation to perform work at the Permanent Representation.

On Thursday, Radosław Sikorski, the head of Polish diplomacy, held further conversations with his counterparts. On his second day in office, the Polish minister of foreign affairs talked with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, Slovakia and Estonia.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated Minister Radosław Sikorski on his return to office, expressing hope for a face-to-face meeting with Minister Sikorski in Washington early next year.

On Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski talked with his counterparts from Lithuania, Germany, Ukraine, Moldova, and Czechia about support for Ukraine in the context of Russia’s aggression, about bilateral relations, and about cooperation opportunities within the European Union and the Visegrad Group. The conversations started with congratulations on Minister Sikorski’s reappointment as the head of Polish diplomacy.

Held in Brussels on 11 December 2023, the meeting of EU top diplomats focused on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the developments in Israel and the region, and the situation in the Sahel.

10 December marks the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN General Assembly. The document has lost none of its relevance and many of the rights defined therein must still be protected in different parts of the world.

On 11 December 2023, head of Polish diplomacy Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk will take part in the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Brussels.