Notably, he held his first conversation with the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, a former prime minister, recently appointed head of diplomacy in Rishi Sunak’s government. The ministers congratulated each other on their recent appointments and Minister Sikorski additionally congratulated Cameron on his nomination to the House of Lords.

The head of British diplomacy made an open invitation for his Polish counterpart to visit the United Kingdom. They both agreed that the visit should take place as soon as possible.

The ministers also discussed the challenges of providing further support for Ukraine, recently visited by Cameron—an issue they both considered a priority. Sikorski underlined that Poland’s support for Kyiv’s military efforts remains unwavering. Foreign Secretary Cameron hoped that the arguments presented by the new Polish government on this issue will gain the approval of our EU allies. Also discussed were humanitarian issues regarding the ongoing clashes in the Gaza Strip.

During his conversation with France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, Minister Sikorski declared to restore good and predictable relations between the two countries.

The heads of diplomacies put special emphasis on the necessity for closer defence cooperation and highlighted the need to work jointly towards bolstering Europe’s defence capability. They agreed that Europe must be able to defend its values but the greater defence capacity should strengthen the existing alliances, such as NATO. Cooperation in the Weimar Triangle was another important topic of the conversation.

In a call with the Polish head of diplomacy’s Slovak counterpart, Juraj Blanár, the two ministers spoke about a new opening in Poland–Slovakia relations following parliamentary elections in the two countries. Both diplomats gave an assurance of readiness for ever closer cooperation, including in the Visegrad Group. They talked about support for Ukraine, discussing the potential for the continued use of the European Peace Facility and the prospects for Slovakia’s support for another round of sanctions targeting Russia. Minister Blanár invited Minister Sikorski to pay a visit to Bratislava.

Speaking with Estonia’s chief diplomat, Margus Tsahkna, Minister Sikorski discussed the prospects for cooperation in bilateral terms and multilateral formats. The ministers gave special attention to the need for ongoing regional coordination of the matters of security policy and help to warring Ukraine.

The day before, Minister Sikorski also spoke with Latvia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Krišjānis Kariņš.