Poland has asked Russia for a written statement of the grounds for its failure to date to hand over the wreck of the presidential plane that crashed in Smolensk in 2010.

The Russian authorities have promised a written response to the question by the end of March, senior Polish diplomats told the Polish Radio.

Russia is yet to hand over the remains of the plane, whose crash killed President Lech Kaczyński and 96 others onboard, despite repeated requests from Poland.

The issue was one of the subjects of discussions with the Russian deputy minister of foreign affairs, Vladimir Titov, during his visit to Warsaw on Monday. (an)

Source: Polskie Radio