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Boycott of World Cup by Poland players ‘not an option’: sports minister

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Paweł Kononczuk 22.03.2018 12:37
Poland’s sports minister has said that a boycott by the national football squad of the World Cup in Russia is “not an option” as a response to the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Britain.
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"It seems that currently a sports boycott of the football World Cup in Russia is not an option. This is not a good solution -- it’s always the players who lose the most," Sports Minister Witold Bańka said in an interview with the wpolsce.pl website.

He added that economic sanctions would have a much greater impact.

"We must show solidarity with our partners. Only then will possible sanctions be effective," said Bańka.

Polish deputy foreign minister Bartosz Cichocki has said that Warsaw is considering “steps at the national level and in coalitions of countries” against Moscow over a suspected nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, southern England, on March 4.

Cichocki added that Poland wants a "clear position" in the EU and NATO which would express solidarity with Britain.

On Friday, Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz said Warsaw was “certain” that Moscow was involved in the attack on the former Russian spy.

(pk/gs)

Source: PAP

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