Ambassador of Poland returned to Minsk

• 11.02.2010, 10:20

The reasons of Henryk Litwin’s return to Minsk haven’t been named yet.

The BelaPAN was informed about the return of the head of the diplomatic mission by the spokesperson of the Embassy Pawel Marczuk.

We remind that Henryk Litwin was recalled to Warsaw on February 8 in connection with the events in the Polish House in Ivyanets.

On February 8 in Ivyanets (Minsk region) policemen and officers of court burst into the Polish House owned by the unrecognized by the Belarusian authorities Union of Poles. The building was surrounded by police. Activists of the Union of Poles were forced away from the building.

The Union of Poles was split in 2005. Its part which was loyal to the regime is officially recognized. Activists of the UPB not recognized by the authorities headed by Andzelika Borys are subject to crackdown by the authorities.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski stated that he plans to have “a man-to-man talk” with the Belarusian Foreign Minister Syarhei Martynau, and the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek called upon Minsk to stop crackdown on he Polish ethnical minority immediately.

The party Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS), headed by Jarosław Kaczyński, the identical twin brother of Polish president Lech Kaczyński, calls upon imposing embargo against Belarusian authorities.