On the first day of his term of office, the head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski, spoke with the heads of the foreign ministries: Germany – Annalena Baerbock and Lithuania – Gabrielius Landsbergis; The conversation with Minister Baerbock was mainly about cooperation in the Weimar Triangle, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday morning, Sikorski was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk’s government by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
On the first day of his term, the head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski, spoke with the Foreign Minister of Lithuania, Gabrielius Landsbergis; In the conversation with the minister, reference was made to Minister Sikorski’s first foreign visit to Vilnius in 2007
— the Foreign Ministry said on social media on Wednesday.
As noted, Minister Sikorski had another telephone conversation with his German counterpart, and the conversations “mainly concerned cooperation in the area of the Weimar Triangle.”
The head of Lithuanian diplomacy also announced the Sikorski-Landsbergis talks on Wednesday.
I look forward to working with my new counterpart to strengthen our countries’ strategic partnership and maintain our unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s victory.
— wrote Landsbergis on the X platform.
Landsbergis spokeswoman Paulina Levickyte told BNS that during their first phone call, the ministers “discussed bilateral and regional cooperation and extended support to Ukraine.”
Landsbergis emphasized that Lithuania and Poland are strategic partners and have similar views on many issues in the international arena.
Levickyte commented.
Sikorski also spoke with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba.
The minister assured that our nations will always stand shoulder to shoulder in the struggle for freedom, supported Ukraine’s European aspirations and expressed hope for a positive decision of the European Council on starting negotiations.
– inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A visit to the Powązki Military Cemetery
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, visited the Powązki Military Cemetery on Wednesday, where, among others, paid tribute to the former heads of the Ministry of Diplomacy, Bronisław Geremek and Władysław Bartoszewski; He also laid flowers at the monument of Ignacy Jan Paderewski and visited the graves of the victims of the Smolensk disaster.
On Wednesday, Sikorski was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in Donald Tusk’s government by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.
As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on the X platform, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited the Powązki military cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. “I do not deny the greatness of other politicians of the Third Polish Republic, but they were my bosses,” Sikorski said, paying tribute to Bronisław Geremek and Władysław Bartoszewski, former heads of the Foreign Ministry.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister Sikorski also laid flowers at the monument of Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
Then the head of Polish diplomacy visited the graves of the victims of the Smolensk disaster, including the head of Diplomatic Protocol Mariusz Kazana. Minister Radosław Sikorski also visited the grave of his friend and press spokesman Piotr Paszkowski
– said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Paszkowski served as spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense when Radosław Sikorski was the head of this ministry; From 2007 he was spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 2010 also director of the political cabinet of Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. In July 2010, he ended his term as spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and remained head of the minister’s political office; he held this position until February 2014. Piotr Paszkowski died in 2019.
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Source: wPolityce