WARSAW: Russia’s ambassador to Poland on Monday backtracked on controversial weekend comments suggesting Warsaw was partly to blame for World War II that sparked outcry.
“I regret having been imprecise … which led to erroneous interpretations regarding co-responsibility during World War II,” Sergei Andreev said Monday as he left the Polish foreign ministry where he had been formally summoned.
“I had no intention of offending the Polish nation,” he said.
However, he reiterated that bilateral relations were at their lowest ebb since the end of World War II amid tensions over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis.
Poland’s foreign ministry said Monday it had …read more
Source: theSun
