### [2026-09-23](/feed/2026/09/23/index.md)

##### Eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly
# Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov meet at the United Nations General Assembly, making it the first meeting between Poland and Belarus in a decade. 




### Sources:

1. [Notes from Poland](https://notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/23/poland-and-belarus-seek-thaw-in-relations-as-foreign-ministers-meet-for-first-time-in-a-decade/)
2. [UA News](https://ua.news/en/world/glavi-mzs-polshchi-ta-bilorusi-vpershe-za-desiatilittia-zustrilisia-v-niu-iorku-notes-from-poland)

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