DHAKA: Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday apologised for the ‘absolutely scandalous’ ultra-nationalist rioting that occurred outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw and ignited a diplomatic row with Moscow.

The havoc erupted on Monday on Polish independence day, when demonstrators staging a march organised by far-right groups threw firecrackers and set alight a guard’s booth outside the embassy.

‘It’s impossible to justify it, all we can do is apologise with full sincerity,’ Komorowski told Poland’s commercial Radio Zet.

He added that he personally apologised for the ‘absolutely scandalous incident’ that gave the impression that Poland is anti-Russian.

BDST: 1839 HRS, NOV 13, 2013
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