Foreign Minister Yair Lapid orders to send Israel’s designated ambassador to Poland, Yacov Livne, to the country’s embassy in Warsaw, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Lapid made the decision in order to advance assistance to Israeli citizens crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, the Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
“Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, the Israeli Embassy in Warsaw, headed by charge d’affaires Tal [Ben-Ari] Yaalon, has worked in fruitful cooperation with the Polish authorities in the effort to assist Israelis leaving Ukraine, and we would like to express our gratitude to the Polish authorities for this assistance,” the statement says.
Israel’s mission to Poland was only at the charge d’affaires level following tensions over a controversial bill passed last year, seen as banning claims for restitution of some seized property, including that of Holocaust victims.
Livne is expected to leave for Warsaw tomorrow morning.
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