Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as the entire Russian delegation, banned the entry into Poland to the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), foreign media reported.
.
Spokeswoman for the Poland of Poland Lukash Yasin confirmed the agency France-Presse that the Russians were denied entry into the country.
In addition to the OSCE ministerial meeting, which will be held on December 1-2 in Lodzi, Russians will not be able to participate in the autumn session of the OSCE parliamentary assembly, planned for November 24-26 in Warsaw. The Foreign Policy Department of Poland explained the refusal to issue visas with a rude violation of international law from the Russian Federation.
Russia answered this decision with a letter to the OSCE. The head of the Russian delegation in the OSCE PA Pyotr Tolstoy said that the refusal to participate in the autumn session of the organization is due to the fact that they are afraid of uncomfortable speeches by representatives of Russia.