The first two debates summarising the activity of the Polish diplomacy in the last four years were held on Friday in Kielce and on Saturday in Torun.

“Eighty years ago the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed. Poland was the most heavily affected by its consequences: it became the first target of the aggression which started the Second World War. The pact stopped the Western nations from providing military support to Poland,” said Deputy Minister Szynkowski vel Sęk during events held at the Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk. The events were accompanied by an academic conference and a presentation of an official video launching the exhibition titled “Fighting and Suffering” and an information campaign in social media.

In another round of periodic political consultations, Polish Undersecretary of State at the MFA Maciej Lang met with Kenneth Haczynski da Nóbrega, the Secretary for Bilateral Relations with the Middle East, Europe and Africa at the MFA of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

On 24-25 August, Minister Czaputowicz will visit Kuwait, where he will meet with the Emir, the head of Kuwait’s parliament and the Kuwaiti foreign minister.

“Ensuring safety and security of persons belonging to religious minorities is a major challenge facing the international community. I believe that our today’s discussions will help us develop necessary guidelines on the promotion of religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities,” emphasised Minister Jacek Czaputowicz at an open meeting of the UN Security Council on the safety and security of religious minorities in armed conflict.

“We feel responsible for supporting Polish education and cultural life abroad. We are grateful to Poles in the US for fostering Polish identity and promoting it in their communities,” said Minister Czaputowicz during his visit to Chicago, where he met with the representatives of the Polish diaspora and visited places linked to the history of the Polish community in the US.

On Poland’s initiative, on 20 August, the UN Security Council adopted a document corresponding with the priority of the Polish presidency of the Council, namely strengthening the observance of international law, including international humanitarian law.

“It is very important for us that you will take a closer look at the Poland of today and how we remember history and look after memorial sites, how much attention we pay to the current development of Poland,” said Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk to the participants of the “Poland is in you” (Polska jest w Tobie) programme.

“Issues in the Middle East have worldwide political, economic and social consequences,” emphasised Minister Jacek Czaputowicz in his speech during the UN Security Council debate held as part of Polish presidency of the Council on the challenges to peace and security in the Middle East.