Poland to reduce number of staff at Beirut embassy

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Poland will limit the number of staff at its embassy in the Lebanese capital, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson, who said that the government would organise transport for Polish citizens who want to leave the country, Al Jazeera reports.

“The decision was made to limit the staff at our embassy in Beirut,” spokesperson Pawel Wronski told reporters.

“Mainly these are the families of diplomats. We will try to keep the essential people, and those who are not essential will return to” Poland, he said.

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