Poland develops solution to deny Russians visas

This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Piotr Wawrzyk, on Polskie Radio. 

He says that Poland advocates the extension of EU sanctions regarding the suspension of the agreement on visa facilitation for citizens of the Russian Federation. 

"Major member states, including Germany, France, and the Netherlands, are against this. Due to the fact that it is impossible to overcome the resistance of these countries regarding the suspension of the agreement on visa facilitation for citizens of the Russian Federation, Poland is working on a new solution", he said. 

Piotr Wawrzyk added that Polish diplomacy has been conducting negotiations on this topic with some member states for several weeks and noted that Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, as well as Slovakia have a similar view on these issues.

"We can expect a decision on this issue in the coming weeks", he added.

Wawrzyk reminded that Poland has not been issuing tourist visas to citizens of the Russian Federation for several months. Only Russians who are forced to cross the Polish-Russian border due to work, including truck drivers, diplomats, persons with a "Polish card", as well as family members of citizens of Poland and other EU countries, can obtain them.