(Reuters) -Kazakhstan's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that an employee of a Kazakh defence attache had been arrested by Polish authorities, after Warsaw said it had arrested a national of an
Kazakhstan Confirms Arrest of Military Attache Employee in Poland
Arrest of Kazakh Military Attache Employee
(Reuters) -Kazakhstan's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that an employee of a Kazakh defence attache had been arrested by Polish authorities, after Warsaw said it had arrested a national of an unnamed country for espionage.
Details of the Arrest
Kazakhstan, which has close economic and political links to Russia but which maintains good relations with Western countries too, said: "interaction with the foreign party is underway to resolve this situation".
Kazakhstan's Response
Poland said on August 1 that it had arrested an individual it accused of being a spy and of conducting intelligence activities that threatened the security of Poland and NATO. A Warsaw court placed the man in pre-trial detention for three months.
Poland's Security Concerns
Poland stated that the man was a citizen of an Asian country established after the collapse of the Soviet Union and that he was a military intelligence officer operating under diplomatic cover in a European country.
(Reporting by Felix Light, additional reporting by Anna Koper; Editing by Toby Chopra)
