On 26 July 2010 Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski will head the Polish delegation to the Brussels sessions of the General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council. The FAC session will cover the situation in the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Western Balkans as well as sanctions on Iran, the EU relations with India and Brazil and the EU-Africa summit.

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski paid a working visit to Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast. The visit’s programme saw Minister Sikorski meet the Governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast Georgy Boos and the Governor of the Tver Oblast Dmitry Zelenin. The talks addressed cooperation issues at bilateral and EU-Russia levels, including prospects of launching frontier zone travel.

On 17-20 July Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski paid a visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, where he attended the International Conference on Afghanistan on 20 July 2010. The main purpose of the Conference was to discuss and endorse a unified plan for a gradual takeover of responsibility to Afghanistan.