{"id":1665,"date":"2025-09-19T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T08:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1665"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:50:52","slug":"visit-of-grand-hospitaller-to-rzeszow","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/visit-of-grand-hospitaller-to-rzeszow\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of Grand Hospitaller to Rzesz\u00f3w"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1665","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-news","news_tags-breaking","news_tags-evidence"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"yes","focus_on":"no","breaking":"yes","news_cover":{"id":1638,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/1.-Cover-1.jpeg"},"cover_image_copyrighted":false,"news_content":"<p>On his return from a five-day tour of Ukraine, the Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, H.E. Josef Blotz, made a stop in Rzesz\u00f3w, where he met with Minister Pawe\u0142 Kowal, Chairman of the Council of Cooperation with Ukraine; Mrs Katarzyna Dr\u0105\u017cek-Laskowska, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Health; and local officials, including the Wojewoda of Podkarpackie, Mrs Teresa Kubas-Hul, the Mayor of Rzesz\u00f3w, Mr Konrad Fijo\u0142ek, and Deputy Mayor Mrs Krystyna Stachowska.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Hospitaller was accompanied by Ivo Graziani, Chief of Cabinet; Ambassador Niels Lorijn; Marcin \u015awierad, Hospitaller of the Polish Association of the Order of Malta; Andry Khanas, Counsellor at the Embassy of the Order of Malta in Ukraine; as well as Mrs Ilona \u015awierad and Rafa\u0142 Szepietowski, Member of the Management Board and Director for International Cooperation, respectively, of Malta\u0144ska S\u0142u\u017cba Medyczna (the Order\u2019s Polish Relief Organisation).<\/p>\n<p>The visit was part of ongoing discussions to strengthen the cooperation between the Order of Malta and the Government of Poland on humanitarian and development aid to Ukraine, building on the framework agreement signed last May and the recent follow-up meeting held during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome in July.<\/p>\n<p>The programme in Rzesz\u00f3w began with a morning visit to the Medical Evacuation Hub at Jasionka Airport, where the delegation was welcomed by Director Dr\u0105\u017cek-Laskowska, Mr Marek Korowajczyk, Counsellor at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, and the MEDEVAC medical team. This was followed by a meeting at Rzesz\u00f3w City Hall and a working lunch.<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"yes","news_gallery_elements":[{"id":1640,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/2-1.jpeg"},{"id":1642,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/3.jpeg"},{"id":1644,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/4-1.jpg"},{"id":1646,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/5.jpeg"},{"id":1648,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/6.jpeg"},{"id":1650,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/7.jpeg"},{"id":1652,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/8-scaled.jpeg"},{"id":1654,"url":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/09\/9.jpeg"}]},"news_categories":[{"id":20,"name":"News","slug":"news","description":"","link":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news-categories\/news\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/1665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polandembassy.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}