President Joe Biden Attended An Emergency Meeting On Polish Bursts At The G20 Bali Summit

JAKARTA - The United States and NATO allies (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) are investigating an explosion that killed two people in Poland, but preliminary information suggests the explosion may not have been caused by missiles fired from Russia, US President Joe Biden said.

President Biden spoke after holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday, following a deadly explosion in Poland that Ukraine and Polish authorities say was caused by a Russian-made missile, on the sidelines of the Bali G20 Summit.

Asked if it was too early to say that the missile was fired from Russia, President Biden said: "There was initial information denying it. I don't want to say that until we actually investigate it, but it can't be in line with the trajectory fired from Russia but we'll see," Reuters reported on November 16.

"US and NATO countries will investigate completely before acting", he added.

The meeting was held by President Joe Biden, the White House said.

"We agreed to support Poland's investigation into the explosion in rural Poland, near the Ukrainian border, and they will make sure we know exactly what happened," President Biden said.

"And then we will jointly determine our next steps as we investigate and proceed. There is a total circle of sound among the people at the table," he said.

Leaders from the United States, Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain, Italy, France, and Britain participated in the meeting.

All but Japan are members of NATO, the defense alliance that also includes Poland.

I’m discussing a meeting with world leaders on the loss of life in Eastern Poland and the United States’ commitment to support Poland’s investigation. https://t.co/duaAT0lEoZ

— President Biden (@POTUS) November 16, 2022

As previously reported, Poland said on Wednesday, a Russian rocket killed two people in eastern Poland near Ukraine.

Poland's Foreign Ministry said the rocket crashed Tuesday afternoon in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland about 6 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, killing two people.

The Polish president said his party did not yet have conclusive evidence to show who fired the missiles, adding that Warsaw remained calm in the face of what he described as "one incident".

"We don't have any conclusive evidence at this time regarding who launched this missile. Most likely it was a Russian-made missile, but this is all still under investigation at this time," President Andrzej Duda told reporters.

Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defense denied reports that their missile had hit Polish territory, describing it as a "intentional provocation aimed at escalating the situation".

"No attacks on targets near the Ukrainian-Poland state border were carried out by means of Russian destruction," the ministry said.

The reported debris was found at the scene "have nothing to do with Russian weapons," the statement continued.