Exiled Chechen separatist leader Akhmed Zakayev, wanted by Russia on terrorism charges, has arrived in Poland for a Chechen congress, the Polish TVN24 TV channel said on Thursday.
The World Congress of Chechen People, which Zakayev is invited to, is due to take place in Warsaw on September 16-18.
On Wednesday, Polish police said the Prosecutor General's Office had issued an arrest warrant for Zakayev.
Later that day the Chechen congress' spokeswoman, Anna Kyun, said Poland had not issued an arrest warrant since there was no case against Zakayev in Poland. She also said he had been in Poland three weeks ago.
But police would still detain him if he arrived in Warsaw, Kyun said.
Earlier Zakayev in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station said that he was unaware of Poland's plans to detain him.
In 2002, British authorities granted political asylum to Zakayev and he currently lives in London.
Russia, which issued an arrest warrant for Zakayev in 2001, has accused him of terrorist activities and repeatedly asked Britain to extradite him, but the request has invariably been refused.
Zakayev denied in 2009 claims by Russia's security services that he was "attempting to revive the militant movement" in the region.
He also said he was ready for talks with Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov, who subsequently said he would welcome Zakayev's return to Chechnya.
MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti)
