Polish officials ordered the closure of the Russia Consulate in Krakow on Monday after an investigation concluded that Moscow was responsible For a 2024 fire that destroyed a shopping center in Warsaw.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski announced the closure on Monday and also commented on the duration of the matter a visit to the United Kingdom, arrived after the conclusion of a one -year investigation into a fire that destroyed a 1,400 stores shopping center last year.
“This was a great fire of a shopping center in Warsaw in which, for pure luck, no one was injured. This is completely unacceptable,” Sikorski said. “Then, the Russian consulate will have to leave, and if these attacks continue, we will take more measures.”
Russian officials have denied irregularities and condemned Poland’s decision in the statements to the press.
A fire burns with a fixed commercial complex in Warsaw, Poland, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Norbert Ofmanski, Archive)
“Warsaw continues to deliberately destroy relations and acting against its citizens,” said Maria Zakharova Ministry spokeswoman, according to Russian media.
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The incident occurs a few days before the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, met face to face with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zenskyy In Türkiye on Thursday. Putin initial proposes Thursday meeting this weekend and president Donald Trump He led Zenskyy to accept the sacrifice. Putin said that conversations in Istanbul must be heroes without previous conditions and with the objective of lasting peace.
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will meet with Zenskyy of Ukraine on Thursday. (Valentina Pevtsova, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo through AP)
Until now, Putin has offered few concessions, if any, but now he says that conversations should address the fundamental causes of war. He said Sunday that he planned to talk to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about facilitating negotiations, which they say could result in a high fire.
“Our proposal, as they say, is on the table,” Putin said. “The decision now depends on the Ukrainian authorities and their curators, who are guided, seems, for their personal political ambitions, and not for the interests of their peoples.”
Zenskyy agreed to meet directly with Putin after urge Trump.
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The Russian leader said he does not rule out that Moscow and kyiv will agree on “some new bruises, a new fire” negotiations in Turkey, saying that conversations would be the first step towards a “sustainable” peace.
Landon Mion of Fox News contributed to this report.
