We did not know that the rockets would break through to Israel and that the number of our citizens – contrary to multiple recommendations, not to travel there – increased – said in “Facts after facts” on TVN24 Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski. In this way he referred to the confusion associated with the evacuation of Polish citizens from Israel.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talked about evacuation in connection with the exacerbation of the situation in the Middle East. He was asked where the information came from, which caused the confusion that the evacuation of Poles would be paid.
– Honorary consul, which is also the owner of a travel agency, wanted to help, when a government decision was not yet made (about evacuation – ed.), But it turned out as it came out – he said Radosław Sikorski.
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– On the other hand, please remember that Poland is the first large country of the European Union that has already decided to evacuate yesterday. It wasn't until a few dozen minutes that the Germans decided about it. This morning there was a German ambassador and said that it was not yet. The United States does not do it, he does not do it FranceGreat Britain does not do it – he added.
Sikorski emphasized that “the situation is very dynamic.”
He said that “first, we did not know that these rockets would break through to Israel (through the Iron Dome defense system – ed.), And secondly that the number of our citizens – contrary to our solemn, multiple recommendations, so as not to travel there (…) – it increased.” “There were sixty few people forty -eight hours ago, there are over three hundred today,” he said.
– This is not entirely responsible. As we beg: don't go somewhere, and people go anyway. It is like this: when TOPR says “don't go to the mountains because there is a threat of avalanche,” it doesn't go – said Sikorski.
Asked if he knows how many Poles are now in Israel, he replied that “it depends on how to count”. – We have pilgrims, we have religious sisters, we have mixed marriages, we have people in Israel, we have people in gas, we have people on the west shore. Really, it depends on how to count. And we also have consular regulations and international conventions, which say that if someone lives in their country and has citizenship of this country, then even if they have a second passport, in this country this second homeland cannot represent it – said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He estimated that “our army stood up to the challenge.” – Already before the weekend, Deputy Prime Minister (Władysław – ed.) Kosiniak -Kamysz declared that we would send military planes as needed as it should. There is also a civil option. There is also an EU mechanism, in which, if on deck, and we rather we will take citizens of other EU countries, because we are forward from them, if we take over 10 percent, then half of the cost returns us European Union. Only then there must be civil planes. We do all this faster than others – said Sikorski.
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Sikorski: We all want well for our citizens
He also referred to the reaction of PiS politicians to the words of his deputy Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski, who in Polsat News reminded that the ministry had long appealed to citizens, so as not to go to Middle East.
– For many weeks we have been asking not to go to these areas and if someone goes there at their own risk. We cannot be responsible for this (…). We expected problems in the Middle East and said “Don't go to these countries,” said Bartoszewski. He pointed out that on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs even before the conflict began, there were warnings against going to Israel and Iran. – Rasmus people should know that if we say “please do not go to some area, if there is no need”, then with all due respect, tourists do not have to go to the areas that are threatened – said Bartoszewski. This statement was criticized by party politicians Jarosław Kaczyński.
Sikorski said that the behavior of PiS representatives in this situation “is really incredible.” – These are people who have no embarrassment to use for political purposes even such situations as exhumations like Smolensk disasteror what is – ed.) At the moment. We all want well for our citizens – he said.
– But I would like to ask PiS politicians- do they really think that the warnings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about not going to a region, should be released by our citizens despite the ears? Do you have to take them seriously? he added.
Source: tvn24
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: It would be another either of the escalation act
Sikorski noted in “Facts after Facts” that Israel's conflict with Iran has been going on from the Islamic Revolution in Iran. – Iran's official doctrine is to erase Israel from the surface of the earth. This is only the latest stage of this conflict – said Sikorski.
He added that the conflict could not be ruled out, “especially if Iran hit the military bases of Western countries or closed the Strait of Ormuz, before, he said,” he warned his Iranian counterpart. “
The head of Polish diplomacy noticed that the Iran parliament is considering withdrawing this country from the Nomunic weapon treaty, and this – as he emphasized – would be another act of escalation.
Sikorski: Trump is abstineed in this matter
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked about the role of the USA regarding the conflict in the Middle East.
– The president (Donald – ed.) Trump boasts this and this is his key promise that he will not cause new wars, but ended them – reminded Sikorski.
In his opinion, Trump “is absent in this matter, just like the rest of the West.” “If Iran does not attack American bases, there is a chance that both sides will sooner or later end the ammunition and it will burn it,” he said. To the remark that the US president talks about the need to conclude an agreement, Sikorski said that “some diplomatic movements are already taking place”.
– Israel also underestimated some things. It seems to me that he did not reach the ability of Iranian rockets to break through his iron dome. However, some of the missiles break through and it seems that Iran of these missiles has more than Israel suspected – he said.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also asked about Trump's statement, who did not rule out that in mediation between Israel and Iran he could join Vladimir Putin. – Well, the aggressor is best suited. I don't cover it with my mind. However, this is not a good situation for Ukraine, because it draws the attention of the United States, the whole West from Russian aggression to Ukraine, causes an increase in oil and gold prices, and this helps Putin finance the war – Sikorski pointed out.
Author/author: JS/FT, ADSO
Source: Tvn24
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