Poland on Saturday mentioned it had seized a highschool constructing close to Moscow’s embassy in Warsaw meant for the kids of diplomats, a transfer the Russian envoy referred to as “illegal”.
The spat over the Seventies multi-storey constructing has been happening for a 12 months.
“This building belongs to the Warsaw City Hall,” Polish overseas ministry spokesman Lukasz Jasina instructed AFP, including that the transfer adopted a bailiff’s order.
The spokesman for the municipality was unavailable for remark.
Poland says there’s a large disparity within the variety of diplomatic buildings every had within the different nation.
“We regard this as yet another hostile act by the Polish authorities and a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention of 1961,” Russia’s overseas ministry mentioned.
The ministry promised a “harsh reaction and consequences for Polish authorities and Poland’s interests in Russia”.
Moscow’s envoy, Sergei Andreyev, additionally denounced Poland’s intervention as an “illegal” intrusion on a diplomatic facility, saying academics and workers lived on the constructing’s grounds.
The faculty would proceed to work in a unique a part of the Russian embassy’s premises, he added.
“Our priority is ensuring the safety and the interests of our employees and their families.”
Poland’s overseas ministry issued an announcement in March 2022, shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, saying the Polish courts had dominated that Russia needed to return the buildings to Polish management.
Source: www.anews.com.tr