At the beginning of February, the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad ordered the Consulate General in the city exemption for use of the property and settling debts in the amount of 74.3 million rubles ($ 1.1 million) from the lease.
Polish Embassy in Russia then explained that the decision of the arbitral tribunal is incompatible with the status of the facility used by the foreign state for the purposes of consular arising from the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. “Premises of a consular post in accordance with the Convention shall be inviolable, and the type of legal relationship between you, or a foreign country, and the owner of the property does not affect the integrity of the above” – argued embassy.
The position also stressed that the Consulate General RP in St. Petersburg has no legal ability in the light of the aforementioned Convention and could not be a party defendant.
“This offer is subject to Polish-Russian consultations in order to settle the issue of real estate used by the two countries. As part of this consultation Russians promised to consider the transfer of ownership of the property, or the use, or sale of preferential terms for a nominal amount. Until settlement of all issues of these consultations in St. Petersburg property can not be the subject of litigation “- argued embassy.
Russians in Poland do not pay
The Embassy reminded that Poland stopped in the early 90s the payment of rent, when the city of St. Petersburg has requested nearly ten times the rent increase, in breach of agreement on the lease premises until the agreed reasonable rates. Effects on non-payment of rent was also a lack of reciprocity, as in Poland FR uses free all diplomatic estate.
On Tuesday, the court in St. Petersburg issued a letter of commitment to execution allows bailiffs to evict for debts of the Consulate General of the property occupied by him in this city. This does not mean automatic call bailiffs.
In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said that Poland does not recognize the judgment of the court of arbitration in St. Petersburg or the subsequent decisions of the court in this matter, and treats the decision as incompatible with international law.
Is eviction is possible?
According to Wojciechowski, from a legal Russians do not have the capacity to act against our diplomats, because fracture in serious international regulations.
The spokesman added that Poland wants to resolve disagreements over real estate by dialogue.
The dispute concerns the property in the historic center of St. Petersburg. These are two interconnected buildings with a total area of 3 thousand. square meters. They are in the room and the Polish Consulate General of the Polish Institute and the housing of workers.
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