On 26-30 October, MFA Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz travelled to Japan. He visited Tokyo and Hiroshima. The deputy foreign minister met with his Japanese counterpart and held meetings at Japan’s MFA, Prime Minister’s Office, Diet (parliament), as well as other state and economic institutions.

On 26-27 October 2022 the Head of the Foreign Service, Arkady Rzegocki, met with representatives of the Belgian administration as well as NATO and EU officials responsible for organisational matters and human resources.

On Wednesday, 26 October 2022, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau spoke on the phone with his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França.

On 24-26 October 2022, Undersecretary of State Marcin Przydacz visited the Republic of Korea. The aim of the visit was to hold Polish-Korean consultations under the strategic partnership and to discuss the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau concluded a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where as the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, he attended the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference. This year’s edition was titled “Advancing security and co-operation in the Mediterranean: fostering dialogue with the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation”.

Launched in Warsaw on 25 October 2022, the meeting of directors of Polish Institutes has focused on the opportunities and challenges facing Polish public and cultural diplomacy in the context of the war in Ukraine and the digital era.

Chaired by Poland, a meeting of legal advisers to ministries of foreign affairs of UN member states took place at the UN headquarters in New York on 24 October 2022. The annual meeting provided an opportunity for exchanging views between legal advisers, practitioners and academics on the current key issues in international law.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau will visit Jordan, where as the Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE, he will take part in the annual OSCE Mediterranean Conference.

Increasing resilience to cyber attacks and threats by raising public awareness and enhancing the role of cyber education – these were the central themes of the conference held in Łódź on 20-21 October 2022 as part of Poland’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.