2025-10-19 15:40
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2025-10-19 15:40
It was better not to sell drones and licenses for their production to Russia during the aggression against Ukraine – this is how the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, commented on the entry of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who criticized the attribution of a drone exhibited in the British Parliament to his country.
It concerns a presentation in the British Parliament, which was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, who was then visiting Great Britain. The exhibition, organized by the American activist organization United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), presented the Shahed-136 drone used against Ukraine, pointing to Tehran's role in supporting Moscow's military campaign.
During Tuesday's event in London, Sikorski said, among other things: about Russia's aggressive policy, he also pointed out that Great Britain has become a victim of the hybrid war that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is waging against NATO. On Thursday, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Polish charge d'affaires Marcin Wilczek to protest against Sikorski's participation in the presentation.
Referring to the matter then, MFA spokesman Maciej Wewiór told PAP that the conversation at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not “one-way” and the Polish side emphasized that drones are a real threat to the Republic of Poland. The Iranian side, as he noted then, “took note of this.”
On Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi published an entry in Polish on social media. According to him, the drone displayed in the British Parliament “has been falsely and in bad faith attributed to Iran.” “This is a pathetic scene staged by the Israel lobby and its sponsors,” he said.
“People hostile to friendly relations between Iran and Europe are trying to create fictitious narratives that do not reflect historical ties – including between Iran and Poland,” Araghchi said. He assured that “Iran remains ready for working talks and exchange of documents to clarify the facts, especially in the face of this absurd show.”
The head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski, commented on Araghchi's words. “It's nice that Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs writes in Polish, but it would have been better not to sell drones and licenses for their production to Russia during the aggression against Ukraine” – Sikorski wrote on Sunday.
He also wished the Iranian nation, “so that their government, instead of exporting the Islamic revolution and enriching uranium, would focus on rebuilding the Persian civilization that once amazed the world”. (PAP)
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