Geopolitical and security situation in Europe in the face of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine was high on the agenda of this year’s event. Minister Sikorski took part in a number of meetings on that subject. One of them, a panel entitled “Ukraine: The Road Ahead”, included the foreign ministers of France and Ukraine. During the debate, Minister Sikorski said that Ukraine should continue to be able to repel the Russian aggression throughout 2025 thanks to the assistance it has been receiving, and will be receiving, from its supporting countries. He stressed that the security cooperation agreements Ukraine signed with its European allies contain more specific safeguards enhancing Ukraine’s security. Referring to the fact that Donald Trump assumed the office of President of the United States, Minister Sikorski said that the US has the instruments to force Russia into peace talks, and that Russia’s defeat in Ukraine will have positive effects not only for Ukraine, Poland, Europe, and the US, but also for Russia itself, as the failure will compel the latter to carry out reforms. He added that Russia’s current reorientation into wartime economy can have the same effect as the policy pursued by Leonid Brezhnev in the 1970s, when military spending was so heavy a burden that it ultimately pushed the USSR into bankruptcy and collapse. Also, the minister mentioned the work of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will be seeking to open the first chapter in Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations.

Minister Sikorski attended an ad hoc high-level meeting on EU–Moldova relations, with a focus on Moldova’s EU accession negotiations, the situation in the region, and hybrid threats and energy crisis due to Russia’s interference. Other participants in the meeting were Moldova’s Prime Minister Dorin Recean, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, and Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Emil Hurezeanu.

On the sidelines of the WEF, Minister Sikorski held bilateral meetings with other foreign ministers and with representatives of major companies looking to invest in Poland, including Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti, the CEO of Vestas (the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines), and the CEO of ArcelorMittal (the world’s second largest producer of steel). He also spoke on the phone with the newly appointed US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.