The resolution of the Polish government on the need to settle the issue of reparations in Polish-German relations is the basis for the preparation of a second diplomatic note addressed to Germany on this issue, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and government plenipotentiary for reparations Arkadiusz Mularczyk told PAP.
Last Tuesday, the government adopted a resolution on the need to settle in Polish-German relations the issue of reparations, compensation and compensation for the losses Poland and Poland suffered as a result of Germany’s illegal attack on Poland in 1939 and the subsequent German occupation. The resolution of the Council of Ministers has already been published in Monitor Polski.
“The case was never closed.”
Mularczyk was asked if the government’s adoption of the resolution would give him a “stronger mandate” in talks with partners from Germany and other countries about compensation for Poland for war losses. The politician answered yes, because – as he said – this resolution not only has a historical dimension, but above all it contains the position of the Polish government that the issue of reparations is not closed.
The government states unequivocally that the case has never been closed, is absolutely open and that Poland has never waived reparations
Mularczyk said.
He stressed that the resolution is primarily a “signal to the inside (of our country), to all national authorities, to the entire government, to the public and state administration”.
But it is, of course, also a formal position of the Polish government on the reply to the German note (regarding the reparations case), which Poland received on January 3, in which the Germans state in one sentence that the case is closed
Mularczyk explained.
As he added, the Polish government’s resolution is “the second chapter of diplomatic and political activity”.
In my opinion, this resolution provides the basis for drawing up a second diplomatic note and shifting the burden of proof to the German state, which today, in this situation, should prove its reasons for claiming that the reparations case has been closed
– said the plenipotentiary of the Government of the Republic of Poland for reparations.
When asked whether such a second memorandum to the German government is already being prepared, he replied.
If this is the decision of the Prime Minister (Mateusz Morawiecki) to send the second note diplomatically in the near future, it will shift the burden of proof to the German side
Mularczyk said. When asked if he had already asked the head of government for permission to draw up the memorandum, he replied that “he is the government’s plenipotentiary in this (repair) matter”.
So this is my initiative here
observed Mularczyk.
Clear position
The resolution adopted by the government emphasized that “neither in the times of the Polish People’s Republic nor in the times of the Free Republic of Poland has regained in 1989 the possibility of sovereign and democratic determination of its destiny, the De Polish Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany have not settled the issue of reparations, compensation, compensation or any other form of compensation for the material and immaterial losses suffered by Poles and Poles as a result of the unlawful invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939 and subsequent German occupation.”
In particular, neither the government of the People’s Republic of Poland nor the government of the Free Republic of Poland has ever effectively renounced and never relinquished seeking reparations, compensation or compensation from the Federal Republic of Germany for losses caused during World War II
it was written. It was added that “the Government of the Republic of Poland considers that the issue of the rules for the payment of reparations, damages and compensation for losses suffered by Poles and Poles requires the fastest possible settlement between the Republic of Poland and the Poles. Federal Republic of Germany.”
On 1 September last year, a report was presented on the losses Poland suffered as a result of German aggression and occupation during World War II. On October 3, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to the German side regarding reparations. In it, Poland is demanding, among other things, compensation for material and immaterial losses amounting to PLN 6 billion 220 billion 609 million and compensation for damage.
3 January this year The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to this note. According to the German government, the issue of reparations and compensation for war losses remains closed and the German government does not intend to enter into negotiations.
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Source: wPolityce
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