UPDATE: Polish, German, French FMs hold Weimar Triangle talks

The Polish, German, and French foreign ministers discussed a range of European and international issues when they got together for a Weimar Triangle meeting in central Germany on Friday.

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, Germany’s Heiko Maas and France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian hold a joint press conference in Weimar, Germany, on Friday, September 10, 2021.

Photo: EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

The meeting, initiated by Germany's top diplomat Heiko Maas, marked 30 years since the trilateral cooperation platform was established.

During today's meeting of the heads of diplomacy of Poland, Germany and France in #Weimar, the ministers adopted a joint statement on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the #WeimarTriangle.

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— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) September 10, 2021

Amid a migrant surge on the EU's eastern border with Belarus, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau called for European solidarity "in the face of the crisis," according to the foreign ministry in Warsaw.

We need an objective evaluation of 20 years of NATO's involvement in Afghanistan - noted FM @RauZbigniew at the press conference of the heads of MFAs of #WeimarTriangle. He also added that "European solidarity is important in the face of the crisis on the border with Belarus". pic.twitter.com/WX4w0rcGcx

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 (@PolandMFA) September 10, 2021

The previous Weimar Triangle talks took place in Paris last year, when the three top diplomats discussed tensions in Poland's eastern neighbor Belarus as well as transatlantic ties, according to news reports at the time.

The Weimar Triangle group was set up by Poland, Germany and France in the early 1990s. 

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said last year that the Weimar Triangle was “a very good format” because the three countries, after Britain’s exit from the European Union, represented 42 percent of the bloc’s population.

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Source: PAP