Poland in the OSCE

On 8 February 2022, Minister Zbigniew Rau will pay a visit to Vienna to take part in a high-level meeting that will inaugurate the Renewed OSCE European Security Dialogue, conducted under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Foreign Minister Rau spoke on the phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and EU High Representative Josep Borrell.

As the current Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Minister Zbigniew Rau highlighted the importance Poland will attach to supporting populations that suffer the consequences of crises and armed conflicts on a daily basis.

On behalf of Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, who is the OSCE current Chairman-in-Office, Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak held a joint phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

‘We need to reinvigorate the debate about European security. Let us start a process that will help us to uphold the Helsinki Conference principles in full conformity with international law,’ said Poland’s head of diplomacy in the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, marking the official beginning of the country’s chairmanship of the OSCE on 1 January.

On 13 January, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will take part in a session of the Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to officially present the agenda and priorities of Poland’s OSCE Chairmanship.

Chairman-in-Office Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau spoke today on the phone with Acting Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi.

I am closely following recent developments in Kazakhstan.

Today, Poland has started its one-year Chairmanship at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Thus, our country is assuming a greater role in shaping security and stabilisation on the European continent in the spirit of the Helsinki Final Act, whose 50th anniversary we will be celebrating in 2025.

The chief of Polish diplomacy received in Warsaw Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group.