A Russian delegation was refused entry to Polish territory when it was to attend an OSCE ministerial meeting in Lodz. Asked explicitly by AFP whether Warsaw refused entry to the Russian delegation, Lukasz Jasina replied with a dry “Yes”, expressed by text message.
Poland has refused the Russian delegation entry to its soil for an OSCE ministerial meeting scheduled for early December in Lodz in the center of the country, the spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry told AFP on Friday. . Asked explicitly by AFP whether Warsaw refused entry to the Russian delegation, Lukasz Jasina replied with a dry “Yes”, expressed by text message.
The annual meeting of the 57 Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, of which Poland holds the rotating presidency this year, is to be held on December 1 and 2 in Lodz. This ministerial meeting is the central body of this international organization, responsible for its decisions.
“We are not planning a visit by Minister Lavrov to Lodz”
The annual meeting is an opportunity for foreign ministers to review and assess the security situation in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian region, as well as the work of the organization in all its fields of activity. . Asked shortly before about the possible presence of Minister (Russian Sergei) Lavrov in Lodz, Lukasz Jasina indicated, still by text message, “we are not planning a visit by Minister Lavrov to Lodz”, without however specifying whether the head of Russian diplomacy was refused entry in person.
Following Russian aggression in Ukraine, Poland and the three Baltic States announced in September that they had agreed to temporarily restrict the entry of Russian citizens into their territory, even holders of European visas.