Smolensk tragedy: NATO is ready to help Poland with the investigation into the death of Kaczynski
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NATO is ready to join the investigation of the crash in 2010 near Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski.
This was announced by defense Minister Anthony Macierewicz – the Agency PAP.
According to him, that the Alliance is going to join the Commission on investigation of air incident civil aviation, said the commander of NATO forces in Europe, us General Curtis Scaparrotti and British defense Secretary Michael Fallon.
“Warsaw expects full cooperation, particularly in the area of transfer of all the information available to both NATO and individual States, as well as technical assistance in research that may not hold Poland” — said Macierewicz.
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Recall, April 10, 2010 in Russia the plane crashed TU-154M. On Board were 96 people – they all died. Among them Polish President Lech Kaczynski and many senior officials. They all flew to the mourning events on the occasion of the anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers in the Katyn forest. Warsaw then blamed the crash of two Russian managers.
In October 2016, the Commission on investigation of the Smolensk tragedy found that on the bodies of some victims had traces of fire. However, this cannot be explained by a fire that originated at the crash site.