The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that Poland has sent 38 short-term observers under the international observation mission to Ukraine’s presidential election runoff, due to take place on February 7th 2010. The international election observers have been registered by Kiev’s Central Election Commission. The first round of Ukraine’s elections, which was held on January 17th 2010, was observed by 25 Foreign Ministry observers.

Polish-Chinese political consultations at Vice Foreign Minister level were held in Warsaw on February 1st 2010 between MFA Under-Secretary of State Paweł Wojciechowski and Deputy Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China Zhang Zhijun.

A meeting of Weimar Triangle Ministers for European Affairs was held in Warsaw on February 1st 2010. The meeting was attended by MFA Secretary of State for European Affairs Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Germany’s Minister of State for European Affairs Werner Hoyer, and France’s Secretary of State for the EU Pierre Lellouche.