19.01.2024, 10:09
Poland will not file a lawsuit against Russia over the plane crash near Smolensk
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS The new Polish government will not file a lawsuit against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the plane crash near Smolensk in 2010, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on the social network X, adding that the claim "even theoretically has no chance of success."
Earlier, the Polish Interior Ministry said that Warsaw would abandon versions about Russia's guilt in the crash of the government Tu-154.
Sikorsky said that he intends to "unilaterally terminate the agreement of intent on the claim to the ECHR." "Filing a lawsuit, which even theoretically has no chance of success, exposes the state and taxpayers to unjustified expenses," the minister explained.
In October 2023, former Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed an agreement with Ben Emmerson's law office, which was supposed to prepare a claim to the ECHR. The cost was almost 1 million zlotys (250 thousand dollars). Poland intended to hold the Russian Federation accountable for alleged human rights violations in connection with the April 10, 2010 aviation accident in Smolensk and take into account, among other things, allegations of violation of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the right to life, as well as alleged violations of the rights of victims' families.
Polish Tu-154 Flight No. 1 crashed on landing at Smolensk-Severny airport on April 10, 2010. 96 people were killed, including Head of state Lech Kaczynski and his wife, well-known politicians and military figures.
A year after the tragedy, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) announced following an investigation that the immediate cause of the crash was the crew's decision not to leave for a reserve airfield in fog conditions, and the systemic reasons were shortcomings in the training of pilots of the presidential detachment.
The first Polish commission, led by former Interior Minister Jerzy Miller, then came to similar conclusions, calling the cause of the crash the descent of the aircraft below the permitted minimum in fog conditions. The Law and Justice party, which came to power in Poland in 2015, did not agree with the IAC report and the conclusions of the Miller commission and decided to create a second commission, which worked for several years.
Earlier, the Polish Interior Ministry said that Warsaw would abandon versions about Russia's guilt in the crash of the government Tu-154.
Sikorsky said that he intends to "unilaterally terminate the agreement of intent on the claim to the ECHR." "Filing a lawsuit, which even theoretically has no chance of success, exposes the state and taxpayers to unjustified expenses," the minister explained.
In October 2023, former Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed an agreement with Ben Emmerson's law office, which was supposed to prepare a claim to the ECHR. The cost was almost 1 million zlotys (250 thousand dollars). Poland intended to hold the Russian Federation accountable for alleged human rights violations in connection with the April 10, 2010 aviation accident in Smolensk and take into account, among other things, allegations of violation of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the right to life, as well as alleged violations of the rights of victims' families.
Polish Tu-154 Flight No. 1 crashed on landing at Smolensk-Severny airport on April 10, 2010. 96 people were killed, including Head of state Lech Kaczynski and his wife, well-known politicians and military figures.
A year after the tragedy, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) announced following an investigation that the immediate cause of the crash was the crew's decision not to leave for a reserve airfield in fog conditions, and the systemic reasons were shortcomings in the training of pilots of the presidential detachment.
The first Polish commission, led by former Interior Minister Jerzy Miller, then came to similar conclusions, calling the cause of the crash the descent of the aircraft below the permitted minimum in fog conditions. The Law and Justice party, which came to power in Poland in 2015, did not agree with the IAC report and the conclusions of the Miller commission and decided to create a second commission, which worked for several years.
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