On Monday, 4th July 2022, the head of Polish diplomacy and this year’s Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will take part in the 29th annual session of the Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly.

On Friday, 1 July, a ceremony was held in Lviv to hand over 25 ambulances and supplies needed by the Ukrainian civilian population. Poland was represented by Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński, who together with Ukrainian administration representatives, President of Solidarity Fund PL, and Polish diplomatic corps posted in the city, handed over the equipment to our neighbours.

The Polish national abducted in Burkina Faso towards the end of April 2022 has been released in recent days. The Pole was freed as a result of flawless cooperation between the MFA, Poland’s Embassy in Dakar and Polish security institutions on the one hand and the Burkinabe authorities on the other hand, with a collaborative effort on the part of the victim’s family.

On 1 July 2022, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will visit the capital of Finland to meet with the country’s top politicians.

On 28-30 June 2022, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau accompanied President Andrzej Duda during the meeting of NATO heads of state and government in Madrid.

On 28-29 June, Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz held political consultations in Yerevan and attended a ceremony to sign an agreement between the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Armenia on the acquisition of the majority stake of the Armenia Securities Exchange.

On 28 June, the Advisory Legal Committee of the Minister of Foreign Affairs met for the second time this year. The meeting was attended by Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piotr Wawrzyk.

On 28-30 June, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will attend the NATO Summit in Madrid. The foreign minister will accompany President Andrzej Duda, who will be leading the Polish delegation to the event.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs announces a contest for the best foreign language publication promoting the history of Poland and the best Polish language publication on the history of Polish diplomacy. The contest welcomes works which were published in 2021. Historians can submit their works until 31 August 2022.