Between 30 May and 1 June, Secretary of State Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk visited Bosnia and Herzegovina. The deputy minister, together with Secretary of State at Bosnia and Herzegovina’s MFA Josip Brkić, LOT Polish Airlines’ Vice-President Katarzyna Piskorz, and Managing Director of the Sarajevo airport Alan Bajić, attended the launch of a direct air link between Warsaw and Sarajevo operated by the LOT Polish Airlines.

Today, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau concluded his official two-day visit to Kazakhstan. During his stay in Nur-Sultan, the chief of Polish diplomacy met with Kazakhstan’s highest authorities: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, chairmen of the two chambers of parliament – Maulen Ashimbayev and Yerlan Koshanov, as well as with Acting Foreign Minister Akan Rakhmetullin. Minister Zbigniew Rau also met with Human Rights Commissioner Elvira Azimova and civil society representatives.

On 31 May, Minister Zbigniew Rau will meet with the French Republic’s new Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna.

On 27 May, in Istanbul, Minister Zbigniew Rau met with his counterparts from Romania and Turkey, Bogdan Aurescu and Mevlütem Çavuşoğlu, under the Trilogue initiative.

Between 31 May and 6 June, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia on another official visit in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

On 26 May, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will fly to Istanbul for talks with his Romanian and Turkish counterparts in the Trilogue format on the following day.

On 26 May in Warsaw, Minister Zbigniew Rau met His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates.

At the invitation of Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, paid a visit to Poland. During the meeting, Minister Rau discussed the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine for the international security architecture, referring to the threat of the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and the need to provide support to Kyiv also by the OPCW.

“As the Russian Federation resolved to withdraw from the Council of the Baltic Sea States, while Finland and Sweden decided to join NATO, the Baltic Sea region has found itself in a new political setting. All the member states of the Council have welcomed the applications submitted by Helsinki and Stockholm. The accession of the two countries will reinforce the region’s security. In the wake of its 30th anniversary earlier this year, the Council of the Baltic Sea States is thus faced with a task of adapting itself to the new reality and redefining its priorities. It goes without saying that the Council has contributed to the growth and integration of the region, and to the sharing of knowledge and best practices.

On 24 May 2022, at the invitation of the German side, Minister Zbigniew Rau paid a working visit to Berlin to hold political consultations with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Annalena Baerbock.