Secretary General, Thorbjørn Jagland, is today making his first official visit to Warsaw for meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, the Minister of Justice, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, and the Speaker of the Sejm, Grzegorz Schetyna.

Mr Jagland will also attend the conference on the role of the Council of Europe and the European Union with regard to the current global challenges. The conference is organised jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland and the Council of Europe Office in Warsaw to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Poland's membership in the Council of Europe.

See also:

• Speech
• Website of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe