Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova: Warsaw did not inform the Russian embassy about the detained Russian citizen migrants crossing the Belarusian-Polish border. This was announced on the air of RBC by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, RIA Novosti reports.
“On Wednesday afternoon, we really saw this information in the media, but the official Polish authorities did not notify our embassy.” – said the diplomat. She also noted that the Russian embassy has sent a request to the Polish authorities and is trying to clarify this issue.
Earlier in a commentary to Lente.ru, the Russian embassy in Poland also confirmed that the government in Warsaw had not notified the detention of a Russian citizen. accusations of aiding illegal migration from Belarus. The diplomatic mission also clarified that Poland has three days to send an official notification.
The fact that the Polish authorities detained a Russian for helping migrants trying to cross the border with Belarus became known on November 10. It was also reported that a citizen of Sweden and Lithuania was also detained with him.