On 18 November, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki had two important conversations over the phone: with the Prime Minister of the Republic if Iraq, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, and with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani. Their main topic was the situation at the border between Poland and Belarus, where migrants who came from, among others, Iraq and, in larger numbers, the Kurdistan Region, are camped on the Belarusian side.

The short names of infrastructure programmes cloak hundreds of kilometres of new roads in the entire Poland. They not only enable us to travel efficiently and safely, but also constitute a driving force for the development of local entrepreneurship – a chance for investments and new jobs in such towns as Miechów.

During his visit to Stalowa Wola, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki met with Wan-Jae Lee, the president of a Korean-based company, SKC. During the ceremony, the head of the Polish government presented the decision to support the construction of a copper foil factory, which will open in Stalowa Wola. The Prime Minister emphasised that the SK Nexilis investment will not only be a great decision for the company itself, but also for Stalowa Wola and Poland.

On the 17th of November 2021, the Chancellery of the Prime Minister together with the Representation of the European Commission in Poland organised the National Debate on the future of Europe.

To commemorate National Independence Day, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki laid flowers at the monuments to the Fathers of Polish Independence and attended the Changing of the Guard and wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. PM Morawiecki also laid a wreath from the Nation at the Marshall Józef Piłsudski Monument.

The main topic of the talks was the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border. The meeting is part of consultations conducted by Poland with Member States and European Union institutions in the context of the hybrid threat from Belarus. The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border continues to be complicated. In recent days, there has been an escalation of attempts to illegally cross the eastern border of our country, which is also the eastern frontier of the EU. The Prime Minister stressed that this crisis does not only concern Poland. It aims to exert pressure and destabilise the entire EU.

On Tuesday, an extraordinary session of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland was held, during which Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki presented the actions taken so far in relation to the situation at the border between Poland and Belarus. In recent days, there has been an escalation in the number of attempts to illegally cross the eastern border of our country. In eastern Poland, 15 thousand Border Guard officers and 13 thousand soldiers are guarding our territory.

Launching more temporary hospitals and continuing the vaccination campaign are just some of the actions taken by the government to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are seeing a growing number of cases. For the last several months, we have been checking the equipment and the state of the temporary hospitals – today, this foreground of the battle against COVID-19 is already available”, said PM Morawiecki during his visit to a temporary hospital in Wrocław.

Heads of Government of Hungary, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Poland, and the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on November 4, 2021 in Budapest at the Second Summit Meeting between the V4 and the ROK. The participating countries were represented by H.E. Mr. Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, H.E. Mr. Eduard Heger, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, H.E. Mr. Andrej Babis, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, H.E. Mr. Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, and H.E. Moon Jae-in, President of the Republic of Korea.