“If someone says that they are going to block Ukraine’s access to the European Union, then they fit into Vladimir Putin’s policy. Source: Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with Polsat News, “European Truth” with reference to Rzeczpospolita Details: The President said that he did not want to create points of tension between Warsaw and Kyiv “I tried to act in such a way as not to create points of tension between Warsaw and Kyiv, as far as possible (.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
If someone says that they are going to block Ukraine’s access to the European Union, then they fit into Vladimir Putin’s policy.
Source: Polish President Andrzej Duda in an interview with Polsat News, “European Truth” with reference to Rzeczpospolita
Details: The President stated that he does not want to create points of tension between Warsaw and Kyiv
“I tried to act in such a way as not to create points of tension between Warsaw and Kyiv as much as possible (…). It was not easy, because there are difficult topics between us.
But I also discussed these issues with President Zelenskyi, and the best example of this was the presence of the president in Lutsk, on the anniversary of the Volyn massacre,” Duda said.
“It is in the interests of Ukraine to find an understanding with us on all difficult issues, including historical ones. Let’s remember that Ukrainians have a lot of problems related to the past of the Second World War,” he added.
Andrzej Duda was asked about the statement of Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosyniak-Kamysh, who noted that if the Volyn issue is not resolved between Warsaw and Kyiv, then, in his opinion, Ukraine has no place in the European Union.
Duda said that Putin attacked Ukraine to stop its integration into the EU.
“If someone says in this regard that he is going to block Ukraine’s access to the European Union, then he fits into Vladimir Putin’s policy. Well, I don’t know if this is the intention of those who are in power now.” the president of Poland noted.
“I would like to know what ministers and prime ministers specifically mean when they make such statements. These are difficult issues, including for the Ukrainians themselves, which must be taken into account, and which have been kept silent for years,” he added.
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamys said in the summer that Warsaw will not be able to agree to Ukraine’s accession to the EU until the countries end the disputes surrounding the events in Volyn during the Second World War.
Recently, it became known that the Polish Foreign Ministry seems to be planning to use Ukraine’s European integration aspirations as a tool to put pressure on Kyiv in the coming months – in particular, regarding the exhumations of the victims of the Volyn tragedy.