All threats, especially from Russia, should be taken seriously but not intimidated, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Vilnius on Tuesday when asked about the safety of the Polish ambassador to Russia and threats from Russian propaganda.
“Don’t be intimidated”
These are the words of the former Russian children’s ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, in the context of the Polish side taking over the former Russian school in Warsaw, which had been waiting in Warsaw since the Russian ambassador in Warsaw, Sergei Andreyev, was covered with red paint he to see if the Polish ambassador was found floating in the Moscow River.
All threats, especially from Russia, should be taken seriously, but not intimidated. Like our ambassador in Kiev, who was one of the few to stay during those dramatic first weeks, our ambassador in Moscow endures very difficult realities and circumstances, but does not let himself be intimidated
replied the prime minister.
He emphasized that this is how Russia shows its true face.
A country that blackmails, threatens, tries to enforce decisions, in this case taken by an independent Polish court. Of course, we realize that this issue is important, but far from the most important, compared to the challenges in Ukraine
noted the prime minister.
Threats from the former Russian ombudsman for children
On Sunday, in the daily program of propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, Paweł Astakhov accused the Polish authorities of violating the Vienna Convention.
I must refer to the situation in Poland. What is happening is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention on Consular Relations, to which all countries of the world that maintain diplomatic relations have committed themselves since 1961. And look what they do. They kicked them out of their apartments, kicked them out of the resort, froze their accounts, and took all the money from our diplomatic mission, now they took the school. How do we answer? Attention, outrage, summoning the ambassador
said Astakhov, a lawyer who has served as an ombudsman for children’s rights in the past.
He also stated that after the Russian ambassador was covered in paint (by an activist) in Warsaw last year, he was “waiting to see whether or not the Polish ambassador would be found floating in the Moscow River”.
The Ministry of Polish Diplomacy referred to these statements on Monday, emphasizing that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland condemns Astakhov’s statement proving that the murder of the Polish ambassador is admissible.
We call on Russia to ensure the safety of all diplomats in accordance with the Vienna Convention
– wrote the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué.
On Saturday, the city of Warsaw, in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took over the building at 45 Kielecka Street, which housed the secondary school of the Russian embassy.
We have taken over another building that has been illegally occupied by the Russian Federation on the basis of a court decision, which additionally obliges the Russian Federation to pay more than PLN 31 million with interest for illegally occupying 45 Kielecka Street, wrote Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski on social media on Saturday.
On May 9, 2022, the Russian ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreyev wanted to lay flowers in front of the Mausoleum of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw, because Russia celebrated the day of victory over Nazi Germany that day. Demonstrators with Ukrainian and Polish flags prevented him from passing the site where Soviet soldiers were commemorated, chanted anti-Russian slogans and doused the ambassador with a red substance.
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Source: wPolityce