“Working on Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is important. However, some people missed the word apologies. The balance of the casualties was on Poland’s side, but the efforts themselves are good,” said the PO member of the European Parliament and former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski in “Guest of Events” in Polsat NEWS.
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“Unleash a war against the past”
Sikorski stated that the terms used in the case of the Volyn massacre should be approached with caution.
I think starting a war now for the past would not revive any casualties, but it would bring joy to those who ill-wisher Ukraine and Poland
– he said.
He further pointed out that “the UN definition of genocide is quite comprehensive”.
The UN definition of genocide is quite broad, but we should not equate horrific carnage with the industrial murder of people perpetrated by the Third Reich. These are painful issues that should serve reconciliation, not incite feuds that can serve our enemies. Nationalism leads to carnage, but today the most dangerous nationalism is Russian nationalism
he stressed.
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Admit mistakes
The MEP also recalled that the tension between Poles and Ukrainians has lasted for centuries.
A mature nation can admit its mistakes. To see what the Polish nobility did to Ukrainian peasants in the 17th century, just read Sienkiewicz. It’s all drenched in such a sauce that killing peasants is even fun. He impales himself on poles, or hangs the so-called Ukrainian black, but we remember what it meant: centuries of serfdom, or even Polish military settlement, which for Ukrainians was colonialism
noted Sikorski.
Let us remind you that the fact that a genocide against the Poles took place in Volhynia was said by, among others, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, but also the president of the Polish episcopate ab Stanisław Gądecki. What are Sikorski’s intentions when he tries to convince that these words might be inappropriate?
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Source: wPolityce