A ceremony was held on 31 August to close the Consular Agency in Smolensk.

In a discussion on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Deputy Minister Wojciech Gerwel, who attended the meeting on behalf of Minister Zbigniew Rau, stressed that only fair peace can guarantee security for Ukraine and Europe.

On 29 August 2023, Undersecretary of State at the MFA Paweł Jabłoński welcomed the representatives of embassies of Arab states and the Islamic Republic of Iran accredited in Warsaw.

During the Forum, on behalf of Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, the undersecretary of state at Polish MFA took part in a discussion on the anticipated vision of new security architecture.

Secretary of State Arkadiusz Mularczyk met today with German Ambassador Designate to Poland Viktor Elbling.

A new Polish diplomatic mission has been set up in the Republic of Serbia⁠—Polish Institute seated in Belgrade. By way of decision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, it started operating on 28 August 2023 as Poland’s 26th establishment of this type globally.

On 22 August 2023, at the request of the US side, Undersecretary of State at the Polish MFA Wojciech Gerwel met with Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the US Department of State Bonnie Denise Jenkins, PhD.

Three years ago, on 9 August 2020, Alexander Lukashenko proclaimed himself the winner of the rigged presidential election, thereby trampling on the democratic aspirations and rights of the Belarusian people. This criminal seizure of power by the illegitimate regime has since resulted in massive internal repression, complicity in the war crimes and the crime of aggression, rapid erosion of Belarus’ sovereignty, as well as destabilization of the region.