On 17-20 July Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski will pay a visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, where he will attend the International Conference on Afghanistan on 20 July 2010. The main purpose of the Conference is to discuss and endorse a unified plan for a gradual takeover of responsibility to Afghanistan. The Conference will be attended by Foreign Ministers of countries involved in stability and reconstruction missions. It is the first time the Conference is organized by the Afghan authorities in cooperation with international partners, particularly the United Nations.

The Eastern Partnership foreign ministers meeting on 24 May provided an opportunity for a working visit to Poland of the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, by the invitation from Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Radosław Sikorski. Issues discussed during the visit included current bilateral cooperation, as well as international and regional policy.

A press briefing by the MFA Department for Development Cooperation and TNS OBOP polling centre will be held on January 12 at 1 pm in the MFA main building (entrance A) at 23 Szucha, Warsaw. The briefing will outline 2009 opinion poll results: ‘Poles on development cooperation’.

On Sunday, January 17, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski held a teleconference on the latest Haiti developments with Foreign Ministers of Italy, the Netherlands, France, Spain (the Rotating Presidency), Deputy Foreign Ministers of Germany and Britain and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.

On Sunday, January 17, Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski held a teleconference on the latest Haiti developments with Foreign Ministers of Italy, the Netherlands, France, Spain (the Rotating Presidency), Deputy Foreign Ministers of Germany and Britain and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.