Piotr Gillert is no longer the director of the Office of International Policy in the President’s Chancellery. This is supposed to be related to the proceedings after the telephone conversation between President Andrzej Duda and the Russian provocateur. – The director has other career plans. We agreed that we would not comment on the personal details of what happened after talking to the so-called pranksters or agents of the Russian services, said Paweł Szrot, head of the president’s office, on TVN24.
This week, unofficial information appeared in the media about the change of the director of the Office of International Policy in the Chancellery of the President, previously held by Piotr Gillert. The case is to be related to the control proceedings after the President’s talk in November Andrzej Duda with a Russian provocateur who impersonated the president France Emmanuel Macron.
Szrot: The director has other career plans
Paweł Szrot, head of the president’s office, was asked on Thursday in “Rozmowie Piaseckiego” about the change of personnel in the president’s office.
– The director has other career plans. We agreed that we would not comment on the personal details of what happened after talking to the so-called pranksters or agents of the Russian services – he replied.
He repeated that “the director has other professional plans that he will implement in a moment”. – Of course, with the support of the presidential center – he added.
Conversation with the “fake” Macron
Russian provocateur claiming to be Emmanuel Macron, spoke by phone with President Andrzej Duda shortly after the explosion of a rocket in Przewodów in the Lublin province, which took place on November 15.
The conversation was in English. The Polish president spoke about the details of the situation in Przewodów and about the possible causes of the explosion. He also talked about other conversations he had on the matter.
the office of President confirmed that this conversation took place. “After the rocket explosion in Przewodów, during ongoing calls with heads of state and heads of government, a person claiming to be French President Emanuel Macron was connected,” the statement read. The law firm argued that during the conversation, which lasted over seven minutes, “the president realized from the unusual manner of conducting the conversation by the interlocutor that there might have been an attempt at fraud and ended the conversation.” It was assured that the law firm “immediately undertook, in cooperation with the relevant services, explanatory actions”.
This is the second time that the Polish president was put in a situation where he was misled by Russian provocateurs. In 2020 by He spoke for 11 minutes with a man who claimed to be UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
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