“It is essential that the Visegrad Group remains an effective advocate for the interests of Central European countries. This is the aim we set for the Polish presidency. The Visegrad Group’s 30th anniversary, to be celebrated in the latter half of our presidency in February 2021, will offer a chance to take a strategic look at V4,” underlined Polish foreign minister.

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The Visegrad Group’s (V4) foreign ministers meeting will initiate the sixth Polish presidency of the Group. Poland will lead the V4 from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 under the “back on track” motto. V4’s key objectives under Polish presidency are:

- strong V4 in a strong Europe,

- return to normality (in the context of COVID-19),

- increase of V4 internal cohesion and people-to-people contacts,

- digital Visegrad Group.

 

The visit in Wadowice was the V4 foreign ministers’ first personal meeting in a few months.

The event was an opportunity to sum up the Czech presidency of the V4 and present key objectives of Polish presidency of the Group. Minister Jacek Czaputowicz concluded: “I consider the meeting very successful. We have thus started Polish presidency of the Visegrad Group on the level of heads of diplomacies. It occurs in the unprecedented times, under complicated circumstances caused by the pandemic.”

The heads of delegations focused on the following points of the agenda: the plans of German presidency of the EU, the EU enlargement policy in the context of the situation in the Balkans, the Eastern neighbourhood of the EU, economic diplomacy and related cooperation opportunities within V4, as well as transatlantic cooperation and EU-China relations.

The ministers voiced their support for the ambitious plans of German presidency of the EU Council and identified opportunities for further increased cooperation of V4 in international policy.

 

MFA Press Office
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