"Belarusian state media reported on Friday that agents from the state security service had detained the man and found documents on him related to joint military exercises planned by Belarus and its ally, Russia. Poland has called the move a provocation and promised a response. list of 3 itemsend of list The priest, identified as Grzegorz Gawel, was arrested the previous day in the city of Lepel, east of the capital, Minsk."
"State news agency Belta reported that the Polish suspect possessed a copy of a document concerning the Zapad 25 exercises due to take place this month. He also had Belarusian and foreign cash and a portable telephone SIM card registered to someone else. The Zapad exercises, held every two years in either Belarus or Russia, are viewed with interest by Western countries because of Belarus's proximity to three neighbours that are part of the NATO alliance Poland, Latvia and Lithuania."
"There is irrefutable evidence of the Polish citizen's espionage activities, Belta, the Belarusian state news agency, said. A few minutes before his arrest, he received a secret military document. All of this was captured on video. Belta added that he had been trying to recruit the Belarusian national in his company and offered him money and small gifts. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told reporters on Friday that Warsaw will [not] accept such provocations or the nonsense spouted by the Belarusian side."
Relations between Poland and Belarus have deteriorated amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Belarusian agents detained Polish clergyman Grzegorz Gawel in Lepel and also detained a Belarusian national. Authorities found documents allegedly related to the Zapad 25 joint military exercises, cash in multiple currencies, and a SIM card registered to another person. Belta said the suspect received a secret military document minutes before his arrest and that video recorded the events. Belta accused the priest of attempting to recruit the Belarusian employee with money and small gifts. Poland called the arrest a provocation, denied employing clergymen for spying, and promised a response.
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