“Consul, head of the facility, Janusz Jabłoński, on August 26, this year, he solemnly handed over to the Polish Ambassador in the Russian Federation Krzysztof Krajewski, an emblem of the Republic of Poland, a plaque with the name of the Consular Office and the flags of the Republic of Poland and the European Union” – said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the communication.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Krzysztof Krajewski during the ceremony expressed regret because of the unjustified decision of the authorities of the Russian Federation to withdraw their consent to the office of the office. He also presented a short historical outline of the functioning of the Polish consular institution in East Prussia and contemporary Russia. He also expressed the hope that the Polish diplomatic presence in Königsberg would be restored, and the history strictly assess the actions of the current Russian authorities responsible for aggression on a sovereign state and “doing a sad fate to its nation, which gave the world many wonderful artists.”
Ambassador Krajewski thanked his compatriots for the sympathy, cultivating Polish traditions and assured that the Polish embassy in Moscow would not leave Polonia without support and help. He appealed to the protection of places related to the martyrdom of the Polish nation, the Holocaust, calling for mutual respect, kindness, tolerance and understanding.
The Russian Federation still operates the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Moscow and the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Irkutsk.
Poland's relations with Russia. Diplomatic ping-pong
In addition to the embassy in Warsaw, the Russian Federation until recently had in Poland consulates in Poznań, Gdańsk and Kraków, while Poland – apart from the embassy in Moscow – diplomatic missions in Irkutsk, Königsberg and Petersburg.
In mid -July, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that from August 29 he was withdrawing her consent to the functioning of the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Königsberg, motivating this by the mirror action against the Polish decision to withdraw their consent to the functioning of the Russian consulate in Krakow. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided that this decision was not right.
In May, the head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski announced that he had decided to withdraw its consent to the action of Russia's consulate in Krakow. This decision was related to the evidence of the participation of Russian special services in arson in 2024 a shopping center in Warsaw, at ul. Marywilska 44. Hala Targowa burned down on May 12 last year. There were about 1.4 thousand shops and service outlets.
In January, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in St. Petersburg was closed after the withdrawal of Russia's consent to the activities of this institution. It was a response to the decision of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to close the Russian Consulate General in Poznań after finding cases associated with the Russian authorities sabotage in Poland.
