Philippine envoy to Poland Ambassador Patricia Ann V. Paez with the Director of The Polish Institute of International Affairs(Polski Instytut Spraw Miedzynarodowyych or PISM) Dr. Slawomir Debski

On the right is the Deputy Director of the Institute Mr. Jacek Foks

Amb. Paez giving Dr. Debski a copy of the book entitled The Best of the Philippines which was provided to the Embassy by the DFA-OUIER

Amb. Paez and Dr. Debski pose for a photo after their meeting at The Polish Institute of International Affairs

   Philippine envoy to Poland Ambassador Patricia Ann V. Paez met with the Director of The Polish Institute of International Affairs Dr. Slawomir Debski last 07 November 2016 and discussed a possible joint project to mark the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year.

   The Philippines will chair the ASEAN in 2017 and in February of the same year, the Philippine Embassy in Warsaw will take its turn as chair of the ASEAN Committee in Warsaw (ACW). The ACW is composed of five ASEAN ambassadors who have embassies in Warsaw, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

   Also present during the meeting were the Institute’s Deputy Director Mr. Jacek Foks and Consul Randy Arquiza.