Between Warsaw and Bratislava, a little smell of sulfur (maj)

(B2) The letter sent by the Slovak Defense Minister, Martin Glváč, just before Christmas, to his Polish counterpart, Antoni Macierewicz smells of sulfur. She reveals that recent events at the NATO Counterintelligence Center of Excellence in Krakow (Read: The Polish government brings its 'Services' to heel) did not quite take place in an atmosphere of perfect consultation and harmony between Warsaw and Bratislava, contrary to the statements of the Polish Ministry of Defence.

« I call for an end to all non-compliant measures writes the Slovak minister, according to the excerpt published by Radio Zet. Martin Glváč also recalls that this center of excellence specialized in counterintelligence is, above all, an institution " independent international which cannot and is not part of the Polish Ministry of Defense ».

Martin Glváč also asks, rather ironically: “ with whom the Poles consulted on the alleged appointment of a new director of the center? “, before asking a final question. Does Poland still wish to contribute to the establishment of the Center and how? " I expect (some) proposals no later than the end of January 2016 “he launches in a missive, which has a small tone of irritation, especially since the Prime Ministers of Poland (Beata Szydlo) and Slovakia (Robert Fico) are also addressed, but also the J2 (chief intelligence) du Shape and its American alter ego J2X de l'EUCOM, like the headquarters of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), headed by a Frenchman, General Denis Mercier (1). The next meetings at the level of ministers of the Visegrad group are likely to be heated...

(Update) The Polish Minister of Defense reacted publicly to this missive. In one communicated, secretary ofState at Defense, Tomasz Szatkowski, claims to have — on behalf of Minister Macierewicz — ensured le slovak ministry of the defense « which the taken procedures by management of the ministry Polish of the defense s'apply only to workers Polish who have access to information classified ". These measures " did not concern and will not concern to the staff Slovak from the center he assures before concluding. " We all want that CHECK receive his accreditation as soon as possible ».

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

(1) The Slovak Foreign Minister, Miroslav Lajcak, and the representatives of the countries participating in the center (German, Croatian, Italian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovenian, Czech) were also the recipients of this letter.