{"id":154029,"date":"2025-09-05T17:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154029\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"as-warsaw-considers-response-to-monks-arrest-minsk-calls-for-return-to-civilized-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154029\/","title":{"rendered":"As Warsaw considers response to monk\u2019s arrest, Minsk calls for return to civilized dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/nawrocki_karol_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Karol Nawrocki\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Telewizja Republika&#039;s video, Pozirk&#039;s screengrab)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Polish President Karol Nawrocki, currently visiting the Vatican, said he discussed the issue of Polish prisoners in Belarus with Pietro Parolin, secretary of state of the Holy See, <em>Polsat<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His comments came after senior Polish officials, including the prime minister and foreign minister, pledged to respond to the brutal arrest of Grzegorz Gawe\u0142, a Carmelite monk, in Lepiel, Viciebsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state-run <em>Belarus 1<\/em> channel, linked to the Committee for State Security (KGB), claimed that Gawe\u0142 had collected classified information about the counterintelligence command and its officers, military sites and the upcoming Zapad-2025 exercise for Poland\u2019s Internal Security Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPolish special services do not use monks to gather information about military maneuvers,\u201d Jacek Dobrzy\u0144ski, spokesman for the Polish minister-coordinator of special services, said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Belarusian foreign ministry delivered a protest note to the Polish charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires in Minsk, regarding what it called an \u201cact of espionage.\u201d The ministry urged Poland to return to \u201ccivilized dialogue and generally accepted forms of interstate communication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/gavel-BT-POZ-st-k.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Polish monk\u2019s arrest in Belarus \u201cprovocation\u201d by \u0141uka\u0161enka \u2013 Polish special services<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 5, Pozirk. The arrest of Polish national Grzegorz Gawe\u0142 in Belarus, suspected of spying, is Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s \u201canother provocation\u201d against Poland, said Jacek Dobrzy\u0144ski, spokesman for the Polish minister coordinator of special services. \u201cPolish special services do not use &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/153963\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 5, Pozirk. Polish President Karol Nawrocki, currently visiting the Vatican, said he discussed the issue of Polish prisoners in Belarus with Pietro Parolin, secretary of state of the Holy See, Polsat reported. 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