On Monday May 27, 2024, the Animal Health Laboratory and the JRU Virology/ BIOPIC team (NRL and RL OMSA-FAO-UE for Foot and Mouth Disease) welcomed an official delegation from Poland's PIWet National Veterinary Institute. The delegation, comprising Professors Stanislaw Winiarczyk (Director General), Miroslaw Polak (Deputy Director for Research) and Jacek Kuzmak (Retired since January 1, previously Deputy Director for Research), was received by Stephan Zientara (AHL Director) and part of the BIOPIC team, represented by Labib Bakkali Kassimi (Team Leader), Sandra Blaise-Boisseau (Deputy Team Leader) and Guillaume Girault (Project Leader). The LSAn's activities and those of the FMD theme were presented, as well as the operation of the ICube laboratory, dedicated to the handling and analysis of the FMD virus. Numerous fruitful exchanges followed, notably on the constitution and operation of the confined laboratory, but also on the overall operation of the FMD team and the national laboratory network. Professor Stanislaw Winiarczyk thanked Anses for their warm welcome and expressed his great satisfaction at the visit, which he hoped would serve as a basis for future collaboration between the two institutes.