Support for Ukraine and advancements in transatlantic relations prevailed on the agenda of today’s talks among the foreign ministers of Poland, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain—the Big Five European Union member states—and the United Kingdom, held as a hybrid event hosted by the Palace on the Isle in Warsaw. The chief diplomats of Italy, Germany, and France, and Kaja Kallas, the incoming High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, arrived in Warsaw to take part in the meeting. The foreign ministers of Spain and the United Kingdom joined the event from remote locations.

Radosław Sikorski and Jean-Noël Barrot, Foreign Ministers of Poland and France, met in Warsaw on 19 November 2024. Their talks focused on the development of Polish–French relations and the continued cooperation as part of the Weimar Triangle.

The meeting focused on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and the situation in Georgia, in the Middle East, and in the Horn of Africa. The foreign ministers also talked about the EU’s relations with the US.

On 11–16 November, representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are in Pyongyang on a reconnaissance visit.

MFA Undersecretary of State Henryka Mościcka-Dendys met with UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Frederick Ponsonby of Shulbrede.

Poland’s chief diplomat met today with Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Mark Rutte, who is on a first official visit to Poland.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski spoke with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s chief diplomat, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner. The historic first visit of the Congolese foreign minister to Poland took place on 7 November.

Today’s talks between top diplomats of Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Radosław Sikorski and Elmedin Konaković, were dominated by the Western Balkans’ European prospects and the security situation in Europe.

Deputy Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Muzaffar Madrahimov for talks on the regional and international situation, bilateral relations, and opportunities to strengthen economic cooperation.

“I hope that this exhibition will reinvigorate the memory of a patriot and a statesman, and will serve as an example for the generation of future diplomats,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski said as he recalled Mariusz Kazana, former Director of Diplomatic Protocol, while inaugurating the exhibition of graphic arts hosted by the Diplomats’ Gallery at the Diplomatic Protocol. On 6 November 2024 at the MFA headquarters, a preview was held of the “Mythological Zoo” exhibition by Professor Błażej Ostoja Lniski, PhD, painter, graphic artist, and the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.