Listening equipment discovered in the room where the Polish government was to meet

WARSAW, Poland — Listening devices were discovered in a room where Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was scheduled to meet with his cabinet Tuesday, an official said.

The ministers were meeting in Katowice, a city in southwest Poland where Tusk was attending an economic conference.

Jacek Dobrzyński, a spokesman for the head of Poland’s secret service, said a routine security check uncovered material that could be used for recording or eavesdropping.

He wrote on social media Tuesday morning that “the State Protection Service, in cooperation with the Internal Security Agency, detected and dismantled devices that could be used for eavesdropping in the room where will hold the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Katowice today.

“The services are carrying out other activities in this area,” he added.

The Cabinet traditionally holds a weekly meeting in Warsaw, but exceptionally in Katowice due to the European Economic Congress taking place there, during which the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, gave a speech.

Tusk and government ministers traveled to Katowice by train on Tuesday morning.