Benjamin Hayes
@AusAmbPoland
Official account of Benjamin Hayes, Australia's Ambassador to Poland 🇵🇱, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Lithuania 🇱🇹
The Warsaw Security Forum is 🇵🇱 Poland’s premiere international security conference. Delighted to welcome Katarzyna Pisarska & Zbigniew Pisarski to the 🇦🇺 Residence for lunch with IP4 Ambassadors to discuss how we can strengthen WSF engagement with the Indo-Pacific 🇦🇺🇳🇿🇯🇵🇰🇷

Honoured to host lunch at the 🇦🇺Residence with Director of @OSW_pl and my ASEAN colleagues. We had a great exchange of views on the geostrategic environment and links between Europe and Asia, with a valuable Southeast Asian perspective 🇹🇭🇻🇳🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭

🙏 to my 🇱🇹 Lithuanian hosts for the engaging discussions during my recent visit. Great to meet Chair of the National Security & Defence Committee Giedrimas Jeglinskas, Vice-Minister for Defence Loreta Maskaliovienė, and Vice-Minister of Economy & Innovation Marius Stasiukaitis.




Thank you Minister! It was great to meet you and I look forward to working with you to support 🇦🇺🇱🇹 defence industry cooperation
Today, 🇱🇹Viceminister Loreta Maskaliovienė met with 🇦🇺Australian Ambassador Benjamin Albert Hayes to discuss strengthening cooperation, particularly in the defence industry. Despite the distance, we perceive threats the same way.
Thank you to 🇱🇹 Lithuania’s Defence Minister @DSakaliene for the candid discussions during the visit of Andrew Shearer @DGONIAU to Vilnius. 🇦🇺 and 🇱🇹 have shared security interests and our partnership is closer than ever.

Australia has joined Poland, Lithuania and 25 other countries in calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza.
Australia and 27 countries have an urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now. The humanitarian situation is catastrophic. Together with partners, we condemn Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians seeking to access water and food. foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny…
Delighted to welcome Andrew Shearer, 🇦🇺 Director General of National Intelligence @DGONIAU to Vilnius for meetings last week with 🇱🇹 Lithuania’s national security community. 🙏 to my dear colleague H.E. @DariusDegutis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Australia, for supporting the visit

Thank you to President of the 🇨🇿 Czech Senate @Vystrcil_Milos & Deputy Speaker @KarelHavlicek_ for hosting discussions this week with President of the NSW Legislative Council @BenFranklinNats. Parliamentary democracy is something we value and nurture 🇦🇺 🇨🇿



Welcome to Prague, @BenFranklinNats! And thank you to DG Sequensová for hosting President Franklin at the Czech MFA 🙏
Director General Kateřina Sequensová met with Benjamin Franklin, President of the New South Wales Legislative Council. They discussed the further development of bilateral relations as well as global and regional issues, with particular emphasis on the Indo-Pacific region. 🇨🇿🤝🇦🇺
Always good to catch up with @PavelZacek_69, Chair of the National Security Committee in the Czech Parliament. 🙏 Mr Chairman, it was great to see you again! 🇦🇺🤝🇨🇿
Opět jsem jménem výboru pro bezpečnost @snemovna přijal @AusAmbPoland velvyslance J.E. Benjamina Hayese. Pokračovali jsme v diskusi o skvělých 🇨🇿🤝🇦🇺 vztazích, spolupráci (i budoucí) v oblasti bezpečnosti a obrany, posunech na globální scéně, nejen v oblasti Indo-Pacifiku či 🇺🇦👍
Great to join 🇦🇺 Australia’s Ambassador to the 🇺🇸 United States and former PM, Kevin Rudd, for his session as special guest at 🇵🇱 Poland’s global heads of diplomatic mission conference. Thank you @AmboRudd for sharing your insights with our Polish friends!

In Australia, #NAIDOCWeek celebrates the enduring cultures and contributions of First Nations peoples. This year, we honour 50 years of legacy and the young leaders walking new paths forward.

🇦🇺 Australia and 🇵🇱 Poland cooperate closely on criminal justice matters. Great meeting this week with Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, @ArkadiuszMyrcha, to discuss this important part of our bilateral relationship ⚖️



Australia & Poland are deepening our economic partnership 🇦🇺🤝🇵🇱. I was delighted to welcome the European Australian Business Council (EABC) to Warsaw last week & to host them for a summer evening reception with our Polish friends at the Australian Residence 🥂#EUAUSFTA




Many thanks to @AusAmbPoland HE Benjamin Hayes, 🇦🇺's Defence Attaché Colonel Paul Graham & @Austrade's Kelly Matthews, for welcoming the delegation in Warsaw with a briefing on the economic, political, defence & security context & key opportunities to strength 🇵🇱🤝🇦🇺relations!
Grateful to @Konf_Lewiatan President Marek Górski & DG Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne for hosting the EABC Delegation for an insightful exchange on strengthening 🇵🇱🇦🇺 economic relations & cooperation to meet global challenges, incl. through the #EUAUSFTA, #HorizonEurope,
Delighted to engage with 🇵🇱Secretary of State for Economic Development & Technology @JarosMichal, @PAIH_pl VP @PUDLOWSKI on 🇦🇺🤝🇪🇺 on net zero, reindustrialisation, CRMs, & tech to drive competitiveness & resilience in both markets! #EUAUSFTA to🚀#trade #investement #innovation
Grateful to re-engage with Secretary of State @WTBartoszewski at @PolandMFA for a timely discussion on boosting 🇦🇺🇵🇱cooperation as trusted partners across economic, strategic, cybersecurity & innovation domains; in support of Ukraine; & to bolster security in both our regions!
Thank you to @BGK_pl MD Marcin Prusak, Board Member Jarosław Dąbrowski, Chief Economist @WalewskiMateusz, MD IR Piotr Jablonski & colleagues for meeting with our delegation to discuss 🇵🇱🤝🇦🇺opportunities in energy, infrastructure, tech, defence & security & rebuilding Ukraine!