Foreign Minister: Poland will replace more than thirty Polish ambassadors

Foreign Minister of Poland Witold Waszczykowski announced that more than 30 Polish ambassadors will be replaced over the coming months. “Ambassadors in the US, the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, the Vatican, as well as several countries outside Europe will end their terms. The ambassador in Spain has already returned to the country. In total, we will replace over 30 ambassadors, consuls and a large groups of employees of cultural institutes. A significant number of ambassadors will see their terms come to a natural end this year," Waszczykowski told the PAP news agency. Waszczykowski said that although it is customary for an ambassador's term to last four years, this is only “customary” and not contractual. Poland's ambassador to the EU has already been changed and the country's representative in NATO will be replaced following the NATO summit in Warsaw in July, the Minister said.