Poland in Saudi Arabia

In spring 2021, an iconic painting of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, by the most famous Polish painter of the 19th century, Jan Matejko, will make a rare visit to the National Gallery, the first time it will ever have been seen in the UK.

Poland continues to support people affected by the humanitarian crisis. The National Coordinator for Development Cooperation, Minister Paweł Jabłoński, decided to make a voluntary contribution to the activities of the World Food Program in Yemen.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs announces a contest for the best foreign language publication promoting the history of Poland and the best Polish language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy. The contest welcomes works which were published in 2020. Historians can submit their works until 15 August 2021.

When on 3 May 1791 the Four-Year Sejm also called the Great Sejm adopted The Government Act of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth later known as the Constitution of 3 May, the Polish-Lithuanian state became the Europe’s first and the world’s second that passed the basic law. For its time, it was a progressive and bold legal act which initiated a number of reforms. It also constituted a crowning achievement of the centuries-old links between Poland and Lithuania.

The Day of Polish Community and Poles Abroad was established in recognition of the historical contribution of diaspora communities to the national objectives of the country of their forefathers. Celebrated jointly with Polish Flag Day, it is intended to encourage Poles to reflect on the glorious pages of the country’s past.

The year 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the campaign to save Jews from the Holocaust by the Polish Legation in Bern, Switzerland. Therefore, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland designated 2021 as the Year of the Ładoś Group. Moreover, March 24 is the National Day of Remembrance of Poles Saving Jews. Therefore, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Riyadh is pleased to present fragments of the study on the Polish Legation in Bern ("Polish embassy for the continent of Europe") by Ambassador Marek Pernal (former Polish Ambassador in the Czech Republic and Argentina).

On March 23-25 2021 a virtual event "Future Health Poland 2021" dedicated to Polish manufacturers of medical equipment and devices will take place .

Thirty years ago, on 15 February 1991, the presidents of Poland and the Czech and Slovak Republic, and the prime minister of Hungary signed the Declaration on Cooperation between the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Hungary in Striving for European Integration in the castle of Visegrad, Hungary.

In February this year the first cadets from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia completed their military studies at the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia.