Poland applies to be non-permanent member of UN Security Council

Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Thursday in the Parliament that Poland has applied to become a non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council in 2018-2019. Laying out Poland's foreign policy objectives, Schetyna claimed that Poland will play "an active" role in reforming the European Union. He also expressed his hope that the European Fund for Strategic Investments will be quickly initiated. In the case of Euro adoption, he said that Poland made a commitment to join the common currency  zone in the accession treaty and that the decision to go through with it will be based on "on Polish interest as well as the stability and the foreseeable state of the eurozone." With regard to the Ukrainian crisis, the Minister said that Poland, along with other countries, may support Ukraine's defense capacities, if the conflict escalates.