Kazakhstan's defence ministry said Wednesday that one of its employees had been detained in Poland, which earlier this month said it had detained a foreign national accused of espionage.

The defence ministry said on Telegram it could confirm "the detention of an employee of the Kazakh military attache's office by Polish law enforcement."

Poland's ABW security service earlier said that "a citizen of one of the Asian countries established after the fall of the Soviet Union" had been detained on July 30.

"He was identified as a military intelligence officer operating under diplomatic cover in a European country," the ABW said in a statement at the time.

"He conducted intelligence activities that threatened the security of the Republic of Poland and allied military structures," it said, ad

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