Poland’s deputy foreign minister, Marcin Beszczac, said his country is opposed to armed guards accompanying Israeli youth on tours to visit the Nazi museum Auschwitz.

Previously, the museum on the site of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on the outskirts of the Polish city of Auschwitz organized field trips for Israeli youth, and each group was accompanied by armed guards from Israel.

Pesedak stated: “These visits were stopped during the epidemic and have not resumed at this stage, and we believe that the issue should be settled within the framework of an agreement between Poland and Israel”, and he touched on the need for “the presence of an officer with firearms and live ammunition in every flight that should protect the group.” about the dangers that threaten them in Poland.

He expressed his belief that “Poland is a fairly safe country and there is no need to guard every Israeli flight to Auschwitz”, adding that “of course it can be justified in some specific cases, but Poland is not such a dangerous country.” that each group should be guarded by an armed officer.”