Poland’s Famously Frank Top Diplomat Lands a Blow With Rebuff of Russia
- Polish foreign minister’s UN speech lauded as instant classic
- A diplomatic career defined by the odd undiplomatic remark
Radoslaw Sikorski’s tendency to speak his mind often lands him in trouble.
But his acerbic put-down of Russia’s revanchism at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday has turned Poland’s foreign minister into an overnight sensation and may become a standout moment of the debate around the war in Ukraine.