Finally a breakthrough. There is simply a decision about the first exhumations of Polish UPA victims – wrote Donald Tusk on the X platform and thanked the ministers of culture of Poland and Ukraine for their fruitful cooperation.
Najos, president of the Ukrainian side of the Polish-Ukrainian Historical Working Group, assured PAP of affirmative intentions to resolve disputes related to this topic.
We are affirmative about getting good solutions that will satisfy Polish society and Ukrainian society said Najos.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of abroad Affairs, Paweł Wroński, in an interview with PAP stated that Poland was effective in this case. The decision concerning the first exhumations of Polish victims of UPA was defined as beneficial for Polish-Ukrainian relations and for Ukraine itself.
Minister SZ Radosław Sikorski for his attitude was criticized – that this is besides hard to put the case. However, it proved effective said Wronski.
Door to the EU
The head of the MON, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, stressed that the decision of the Ukrainian side about the exhumations of Polish victims of the Volhynia Reich is the consequence of constant force and effective diplomacy.
This has been a fundamental substance for the people for years. Only on fact can we build good neighbourly relations – added politician.
Kosiniak-Kamysz discussed the issue of genocide in Volyn during a Friday gathering with activists of the Polish People's organization in Lublin. As he pointed out, unconditional support for the fighting Ukraine, specified as the transfer of military equipment and humanitarian aid, must be separated from the question of the accession of the European Union's values to the community.
A memorial is needed. And I simply said that there would be no consent to the accession of Ukraine to the European Union unless there was exhumation, burial and commemoration of victims of genocide in Volyn. any of them tried to put me on Putin's team, headed by the president. – announced the head of the MON.
Official confirmation
Karol Nawrocki, president of the Institute of National Memory and candidate for president of the Republic of Poland, besides expressed his satisfaction with the information provided by Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
If it's confirmed, that's large news. We at IPN have been in full readiness and determination for years – He wrote on the X platform and added that he was waiting for the authoritative confirmation of this information.
Unsolved Dispute
The exhumation dispute has continued since 2017, erstwhile Ukraine introduced a ban on searching for remains of Polish victims. This was a consequence to the dismantling of the UPA monument in Hruszowice. The issue of exhumation has repeatedly appeared in Polish-Ukrainian talks, but no agreement has been reached so far.
