One of the Polish conditions for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union will be the resolution of issues related to the Volyn massacre. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, speaking in the Polish city of Olsztyn, said: I promisedHe said that Ukraine would not interfere with Poland in the exhumation of the victims of the Volyn massacre. However, he also expressed the wish that the Polish side would “honor” the Ukrainians and suggested “leaving the questions of history to historians.”
Tusk added that Ukraine would need to obtain the consent of all countries, including Poland, to join the EU, and that the country would need to meet standards not only on trade, borders and the economy, but also on cultural and political issues.
According to the Polish Prime Minister, Ukraine will not be able to become a member of the “European family” until it begins to respect the cultural and political “standards” of the European Union.
In the summer of 2016, the lower house of the Polish parliament adopted a resolution recognizing July 11 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide committed by Ukrainian nationalists against the inhabitants of the Second Polish Republic in 1943-1945. . This event was called the Volyn massacre.
August 28 Polish Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh statedIt was reported that Warsaw continues to support Kiev, but relations between the countries have been negatively affected by the Volyn massacre. The head of the Polish defense ministry stressed that if the Volyn issue is not resolved, there will be no open borders and trade between the states at the current level.
Former political scientist reproached Polish authorities have a cynical attitude towards the memory of the victims of the Volyn massacre.
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Source: Gazeta

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