The Polish opposition and half of Europe wish the Ukrainian conflict to end as soon as possible and a return to business ties with Russia. About this in an interview with Kurier Lubelski declaration Polish Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Glinski.
According to him, there is a threat of re-establishing relations between Moscow and Berlin in Poland, which the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) opposes. “Unfortunately, the threat of the return of these relations still remains. Moreover, it is systemic and automatic. Our political rivals have no other way. These. Such is their political alliance, such is their electorate,” explained Glinsky.
He emphasized that there are political forces in Poland that actively advocate the resumption of dialogue with Moscow.
“There are interest groups that are waiting for the conflict in Ukraine to end as soon as possible and continue to be Russia’s customers and do business with it. “Half of Europe is like this and expects it,” he said.
Gliński spoke in an interview about the political course of Warsaw after the parliamentary elections this fall. According to him, Poland’s most important task should be “the protection of the state, which is always under the threat of German-Russian rapprochement”. As an example of such a threat, he called the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which was “despite everything built in a completely wrong atmosphere”.
According to him, former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk returned to the country (until mid-2022 he was the head of the European People’s Party, the largest transnational party in the EU – socialbites.ca), “this is exactly the Russian-German project “.
Gliński noted that until 2016, Warsaw continued its foreign policy towards its eastern neighbors “inappropriately too naive”.
“For example, are we in danger of returning to politics when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is invited to a meeting of the Polish ambassadors, or is this already impossible? Can we be sure today that the Polish country will realistically evaluate the policies of Russia and Germany, regardless of the election results? added the Deputy Prime Minister.
In Poland’s upcoming parliamentary elections, the main battle is expected to break out between PiS, the ruling conservative Jaroslaw Kaczynski party, and Civic Platform (PC) Tusk, the largest opposition liberal-conservative party.
Earlier on 2 May, Polish President Andrzej Duda admitted that Warsaw is pursuing its own interests in the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
“I follow the interests of the Republic of Poland, which means Ukraine must reciprocate,” the politician said on Twitter. Thus, Duda answered the question why Warsaw provided military aid to Kiev.
Prior to that, Marcin Przydacz, head of the international policy bureau of the Polish presidential office, admitted that after Warsaw had resolved a similar issue with Berlin, it could again seek compensation from Moscow after the consequences of World War II.
Relations between Russia and Poland have been experiencing another crisis in recent days, in connection with the confiscation of the school building at the Russian embassy in Warsaw. On the morning of April 29, police raided the school grounds after the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked government offices to file a lawsuit against “two real estate objects illegally held and not used for diplomatic and consular purposes. Russian Federation.”
The authorities of the Polish capital demanded that Russian diplomats evacuate the school building. Russian Ambassador Sergei Andreev said that embassy staff had to comply. Maria Zakharova promised to formally present a “firm response” to such actions by Warsaw to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Later, the embassy sent a protest note to Poland and Jacek Szczlyadowski, Poland’s Charge d’Affaires in Russia, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding this issue.