Waszczykowski outlines foreign policy guidelines

On Friday, Poland's foreign affairs minister Witold Waszczykowski delivered his first policy speech in parliament presenting a blueprint of the Polish policy in the international arena. Waszczykowski said that the government will choose to carry out Poland's foreign policy of international law over "brutal power," and a "community of democratic world values" will be the indicator of the policy. Furthermore, the minister stressed the importance of strategic partnerships with non-European countries and international economic cooperation. He also said that Poland will have to face serious security issues and "the European project" crises. He added that NATO will be the pillar of Poland's security. Waszczykowski expressed hope that efforts to improve the security of NATO's eastern flank will be heavily backed by the US and regional partners. In his opinion, Russian policy is the largest cause for concern because it's going in the direction of "post-cold war European order." However, it is in Poland's and Europe's best interest to establish pragmatic relations with the Russian Federation, he concuded.