Sunday 10 January 2016

Poland summons German ambassador over 'anti-Polish remarks'

Germany's ambassador to Warsaw has been summoned to meet with Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on Monday as a row between the two countries concerning the new Polish government's policies continued to deepen.
A statement from the foreign ministry referenced "anti-Polish remarks by German politicians" after multiple politicians had questioned legislation supported by Poland's right-wing government.
But the spokesman for the German embassy in Warsaw, Lukas Wasielewski, played down the meeting, saying it did not represent a formal diplomatic summons. Instead he said he expects "a conversation among partners."

"I am not in the habit of replying silly comments on Poland made by foreign politicians," Ziobro wrote in the open letter.
"Such words, said by a German politician, cause the worst of connotations among Poles. Also in me. I'm a grandson of a Polish officer, who during World War II fought in the underground National Army with 'German supervision'," he said.

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