The Russian foreign minister has rebuked Warsaw for suggesting it would intercept Vladimir Putin\u2019s plane en route to Hungary<\/p>\n
Poland appears willing to engage in acts of \u201cterrorism\u201d by indicating that it would intercept a plane carrying Russian President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
\nThe top Russian diplomat was referring to remarks made earlier in the day by Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who said Warsaw \u201ccannot guarantee\u201d that it would not intercept a Russian government plane if Putin were to fly through Polish airspace en route to Hungary for a planned summit with US President Donald Trump. Sikorski claimed such action could be ordered by a court.
\nLavrov said Warsaw\u2019s refusal to guarantee the safety of the Russian leader indicates that it is \u201cnow prepared to resort to terrorism.\u201d
\nThe Kremlin has not disclosed details about the potential logistics of the proposed summit with Trump in Budapest.<\/p>\n
Read more<\/p>\n
Poland blocks German Nord Stream sabotage probe<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Putin over alleged abductions of Ukrainian children \u2013 charges Moscow rejects as politically motivated and based on false information supplied by Kiev. Unlike Poland, Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the body. Hungary is in the process of withdrawing its participation and has refused to enforce the court\u2019s orders.
\nBoth Kiev and Brussels reacted negatively to the announcement of the planned Putin-Trump meeting in Hungary, where neither party is expected to be represented. The host nation opposes continued Western military aid for Ukraine despite being a member of the EU and NATO.
\nThe EU\u2019s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, claimed it was \u201cnot nice\u201d of Budapest to welcome Putin instead of arresting him at the ICC\u2019s request, and predicted that \u201cnothing can come out of these meetings, if Ukraine or Europe, is not part of it.\u201d Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky reiterated his refusal to compromise with Moscow, arguing that if he concedes any ground, \u201cthey\u2019ll try to settle the rest without us.\u201d
\nRussia has accused Zelensky, whose presidential term expired last year, of refusing to negotiate in good faith to maintain martial law and remain in power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Russian foreign minister has rebuked Warsaw for suggesting it would intercept Vladimir Putin\u2019s plane en route to Hungary Poland appears willing to engage in acts of \u201cterrorism\u201d by indicating…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-environment","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t