Stanislaw Koziej, head of Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN) speaks on Wednesday: photo - PAP/Leszek Szymanski
“History shows that such attempts are possible, and thus the relevant security departments are monitoring the situation,” said Stanislaw Koziej, head of the BBN, at a session of Poland's National Security Council (RBN) on Wednesday.
“Suspicious facts and statements are also being studied,” he added, as cited by the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
The theme of yesterday's session had been proposed by Zbigniew Ziobro, former justice minister and current leader of conservative splinter party Solidarity Poland.
The session was attended by Attorney General Andrzej Seremet, who is overseeing Poland's investigation into the plane crash that killed 96 Polish citizens in April 2010.
However, the meeting was boycotted by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the Law and Justice party.
Kaczynski, whose twin brother, late president Lech Kaczynski died in the air disaster in Russia, has claimed that the plane crashed owing to sabotage.
“President Komorowski uses the National Security Bureau to create his own political image,” Kaczynski said.
MEP returns to wreck handover question in Moscow
Meanwhile, a Polish MEP echoed the efforts of Poland's foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Thursday by encouraging Moscow to return the wreckage of the Tupolev plane that crashed in Smolensk.
Pawel Kowal of the Poland Comes First party, spoke on the matter at the joint session in Moscow of the foreign affairs committee of the European Union and that of the Russian parliament.
In an interview with PAP, Kowal insisted that the return of the wreck is “absolutely on the EU-Russian agenda.”
However, he admitted that there could be no immediate consequences of the meeting, as Russia's foreign affairs committee is not responsible for matters relating to the crash.
Foreign minister Sikorski appealed to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton this month to back Poland's bid to have the wreckage returned.
However, although Moscow has indicated that the handover could be brought forward, it has maintained that the return will take place when its own investigation into the crash is complete. (nh)